Louden Hill 2?? Stone Circle View all content for Louden Hill 2?? (3 posts)

Louden Hill Stone Circle 2 ?? - 26.12.2002 Whilst coming across the moor from Stannon Stone Circle back to the track that runs past the Louden Hill and Fernacre Stone Circles I got a bit lost finding Louden Hill Stone Circle. I knew that Louden Hill Stone Circle was a ruined circle but I didn't know how many stones were supposed to remain, and didn't know exactly what to look for. So when I came across 5 stones that looked like almost a quarter of quite a substantial circle, plus a few other stones, I presumed it was the Louden Hill Stone Circle. But then I realise that (a) this was not much of a circle even for a ruined circle, and (b) I was only about 300 metres from the end of the Camperdown Farm walls and was probably at about SX128793 (i.e. about 300 metres West of the real Louden Hill Stone Circle). So is this possibly another circle? Or just some stones that happen to form a part of a circle? There are 5 stones, all recumbent. 2 large, 1 small, 1 overgrown and 1 just a tiny speck poking through. There is also another tiny speck poking through but that is a little off line. Towards what could have been the middle of a circle are two medium sized stones, plus an overgrown stone about 5 metres ENE of them. This is all about 30 metres to the South of the track. About 50 metres to the East there are several stones scattered on the South side of the track, and a lone stone to the North of the track. I later discovered the real Louden Hill Stone Circle but this area still has me intrigued.

Posted by pure joy 11th January 2003ce

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