Stone circles at Coate

Coate Stone Circle 7

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Littlestone Apr 18, 2005 16:23:13

I bumped into Jean Saunders at Coate Water (Wiltshire) over the weekend (where the 'Keep Coate Water a Country Park' campaign stand was attracting considerable attention).*

Jean happened to mention she thought there were once six stone circles at Coate (there are now only the remains of one). Does anyone know where the other circles may have been or can direct me to anything written about them.

* http://www.savecoate.org.uk

Pete G Apr 18, 2005 16:32:47

Replying to Littlestone

A D Passmore and the Stone Circles of North Wiltshire by Aubrey Burl, Wilts Archaeological & Natural History Magazine, vol 97 (2004), pp 197-210

Coate resevoir su 17. 82.

Day house lane se su 182 823

Day House Farm nw su 181 824,

Day House Farm sw su181 819,

Fir clump burderop wood su 161 814,

hodson su172 809

swindon old church su 15.84.,

Broome su 167 825

w.bassett su 093 753

Only Day House farm and W.Bassett survive.
Richard Jefferies found those at Coate, but no-one noticed till Passmore who knew Jefferies had found them, put it in WAM.
PeteG