Wednesay 22nd July Stone Circle near Sittaford Tor

A longer drive to the end of the road in Fernworthy Forest and then up through the forest to the gate just below Sittaford Tor.

The exit gate with the style to the right and.....

....the view to the left.

Up to the restored stone circles of Grey Wethers 

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About 250m to the south-west of Sittaford Tor is a recently discovered stone circle. It is the first stone circle to be discovered on the high moor for over 100 years and is believed to have been built during the late Bronze Age 4000-5000 years ago. Some preliminary testing taken from soil samples beneath two of the stones indicates that the stones have been in this fallen position for approximately 4000 years. The appearance of the stone circle when the stones were up bright would have been very similar to those at Grey Wethers.

It can be seen from this photograph that many of the stones were well below the surface had been overgrown by vegetation prior to their recent discovery.


















Next we  headed over to Quentins Man.

The view down the Great Varracombe valley.

We turned back through Teign Head Farm and over the clapper bridge to follow the forest boundary...

... and find the memorial stone to WO S.LPerry who died at this spot in 1992.

On around the edge of the forest before returning to the cars.

With thanks to Paul Fox and Andrew Livingston for providing information regarding the exact location of the new stone circle.