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Do you know what kind of stone is it LS? Looks a bit sarseny in some of those pics. In which case I'd be tempted to go for the old 'mangrove root indentation' explanation. But the flatness of the inside of that ring looks artificial. Romans maybe? They were a strange bunch, who knows what they may have done to other people's special stones.

Welcome to the joy of prehistoric rock art. The level of uncertainty is a crucial part of the fun ;)

Either way, artificial or not, one can always feel comforted by the thought that holey stones were special, and so the presence of such can be taken as an indicator of possible prehistoric significance, especially so in an area generally devoid of such things.

Hi Hob.

No, couldn't say for sure if the stones are sarsens - though they look like they might be (and there's that local story that they were brought up from Wiltshire). The idea that the Romans might have had a hand in them is interesting. Seem to remember reading they were in the area (and there are the Bartlow Hills close-by that, though classed as Roman, might have been built on pre-Roman tumuli.

Welcome to the joy of prehistoric rock art. The level of uncertainty is a crucial part of the fun ;)
Aye, can see how addictive it could become. Must be fantastic to turn over a turf and see one that no-one else has seen for centuries.