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Hemford Circle?????

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baza Jan 23, 2003 07:19:16

Replying to BlueGloves

The only holes at this circle are those which have been drilled.
There are no large stones there, the tallest is the central stone, 3'2" high. The tallest of those forming the circle has a height of 2'6".
I have a copy of a report into an investigation of this circle which was carried out in 1924. No holed stone (other than the drilled ones) is mentioned. The circle appears to be the same now as it was then.
Where did you get the name Black Marsh from? What did Thom call it?

BlueGloves Jan 23, 2003 08:02:48

Replying to baza

Thom calls this flattened circle 'Black Marsh' - though a Google search doesn't chuck up much using those terms so he probably had the name wrong. His 1960's survey shows four or five stones still standing.

The upright central stone has a flat edge to its northern face. If you looked down that side of the stone, the holed stone is aligned on the western perimeter - probably lost in the turf. Looking easterly along that same stone face are what seems to be a pair of portal stones making an entranceway - perhaps.

It's funny how Thom's Megalithic Yard has disappeared.

david