Oldest stone circle?

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ToneStone T
ToneStone Oct 14, 2008 16:42:30
Replying to nigelswift

nigelswift wrote:
Anyone know which is the oldest known circle?
It now seems there was a very old one at Stonehenge -
http://www.newkerala.com/fs/f/a-6588.htm
The Carrowmore sites in Ireland are dated at 7500 BCE and Kercarno in France has a circular stone setting dated to 7500 BCE around a burial chamber

S Spaceship mark
Spaceship mark Nov 6, 2008 18:50:38
Replying to ToneStone

Do you mean Kercado? As far as I knew the tumulus is from around 4800bc but the circle around it is said to be 2000 years younger....

M megalith6
megalith6 Nov 12, 2008 03:14:21
Replying to ToneStone

ToneStone wrote:
nigelswift wrote:
Anyone know which is the oldest known circle?
It now seems there was a very old one at Stonehenge -
http://www.newkerala.com/fs/f/a-6588.htm
The Carrowmore sites in Ireland are dated at 7500 BCE and Kercarno in France has a circular stone setting dated to 7500 BCE around a burial chamber
this site gives 5,400 bce (disputed) for Carrowmore:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrowmore

a date of approx 4,500 bce is given for a stone circle in Southern Egypt, a circle arguably sharing similarities with sites like Stonehenge in terms of its solstice alignment?

Ric