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The Grey Wethers is a Bronze Age stone circle complex located on the high moorland of Dartmoor in Devon, comprising two roughly circular stone circles positioned approximately 30 metres apart. The monument dates to the second millennium BCE and represents a significant example of ritual or ceremonial architecture from the Bronze Age period. Associated with the circles are three round cairns, two ring cairns, and an oval enclosure, which together form a concentrated ritual landscape characteristic of Dartmoor's prehistoric use. The site demonstrates the sophisticated spatial organisation of Bronze Age communities and their investment in monumental architecture across this moorland environment.
Two stone circles known as The Grey Wethers, three round cairns, two ring cairns and an oval enclosure in Great Stannon Newtake is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018707. View the official record →
The Grey Wethers is a Bronze Age stone circle complex located on the high moorland of Dartmoor in Devon, comprising two roughly circular stone circles positioned approximately 30 metres apart. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018707.
Two stone circles known as The Grey Wethers, three round cairns, two ring cairns and an oval enclosure in Great Stannon Newtake is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1018707.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Prehistoric enclosed settlement known as Outer Huccaby Ring and associated irregular aggregate field system (9.1 km), Enclosure and fields N of Yar Tor (9.4 km), Settlement SE of Two Bridges, Blackbrook River (9.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Two stone circles known as The Grey Wethers, three round cairns, two ring cairns and an oval enclosure in Great Stannon Newtake's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Two stone circles known as The Grey Wethers, three round cairns, two ring cairns and an oval enclosure in Great Stannon Newtake stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.