What did strike me though about Conkwell stone circle, could it not be a kerbed barrow which are quite common around here, especially as it has stones in the middle? There were kerbed barrows up on Charmy Down behind Solsbury Hill, which is on the other side of the river Avon to Bathampton; they were excavated and then destroyed for a WW2 airfield.......
Moss
Not sure if you are referring to the stone circle or Jug's grave when you say "it has stones in the middle". Guess it's the latter. If so, then yes it could had been a kerbed barrow before it was raided for stones, to make up the nearby road.
When Rhiannon first posted the site, she mentions "the more elaborate gold 'sun disc' found in a Lansdown barrow." Unfortunately the TMA eds removed the site (3422), but is one of those up by the racecourse, a valley over from Charmy Down.
I was under the impression that the airfield on Charmy Down was a fighter station, built to defend Bath from further attack after the 3 raids of April 1942. Before this, the city had no air cover. Did the excavations take place before the war? I know this area was the site of a mass grave for those killed in the raid. Do you have any SMR web links for the Bath area?
Send me some contact details and I'll e-mail you all the info I have.
Chance
