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With Roughtor bearing down on you and the wind whipping in your ears, this is a marvelous place, one of the few places in the country where you can imagine the view has pretty much stayed the same as when this circle was built. Not far from the track, the views here are amazing. The noisy silence of the place strikes you. It is quite a moving place to be. I stayed for 20 minutes, wishing I could know more of why this circle was made. The circle itself is made up of modestly sized stones, close together. More of a boundary for a leader's hut than a place of worship, I'd have said. But I'm a monkey who leaves his GPS on his car roof to be run over by a lorry so what do I know? This post appears as part of the weblog entry Jacksprat's Big Old Tour of Mistakes: Cornwall, June 2007
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Posted by jacksprat18th June 2007ce Edited 14th July 2007ce |
| Didn't quite get down to the circle this time. Heavy downpours and the arrival of the local hunt kept me high on Rough Tor. Saying that there can not be many places in the British Isles where you can look down on a circle like this. There it sits, a ring of dots on a golden brown carpet. next time... |
Posted by Mr Hamhead25th January 2004ce |
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Fernacre Stone Circle - 26.12.2002 From Louden Hill Stone Circle, Fernacre Circle is a pleasant 1½ km walk East. However, on a clear day Fernacre Stone Circle can be seen from quite a distance, and that distance doesn't seem to get much shorter despite vigorous walking! Once I finally got to Fernacre it just re-enforced what a fascinating area this is - 3 stone circles, Rough Tor, settlements, huts, cairns, a cist....the lot! I counted 59 stones, again rather more than Craig Weatherhill in 'Cornovia: Ancient Sites of Cornwall and Scilly' - Cornwall Books - 1985, revised 1997 & 2000) and The Modern Antiquarian who both count 52, but rather less than Aubrey Burl in his 'Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany' (1995), who counts "over 70". There also seems to be quite a strong ditch/dyke about 40 metres South West of this lovely circle. As I was leaving the circle I heard a very strange noise, like a moan. With no one else around this entire area this was rather spooky. Logic says it was either a 'moo' carried by the wind from one of the cows about 600 metres away, or my shoe squelching as I turned to leave the circle. But sometimes it would be nice to think that for some things in life there are no logical explanations....... |
Posted by pure joy11th January 2003ce |
| A circle with a fantastic backdrop. Such as could be compared to the scene around Castlerigg. Lacking the awesome power of Stannon but having the titanic shoulder of Roughtor to sit on. Has outlying stones and is amidst enough glorious ancient remains to let you wander and wonder for a while. |
Posted by thebaz 14th July 2002ce |
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Fernacre is reached around the back of Rough Tor, just past the settlement at the base of the Tor. Hard to see at first coming out of the mist and stones confused with cows ans sheep and there it is, Rough Tor behind, Brown Willy in front. Louden Hill q.v. is just about visible on the top of the hill to the west. Many stones lie on the floor, others broken but the circle is there. Follw the path up to Louden Hill and Stannon beyond. |
Posted by Marky Mark 10th July 2001ce |
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West Country Views5 colour pics of Fernacre Circle, Bodmin moor. This is an arty website rather than a guide, but the pics are good. |
Posted by phil 27th March 2002ce |
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