I found out just last week that Mark Corney is the 'appointed expert' employed by the developers to look at the archaeological issues around the stone circle. I understand his view is that further investigations need to be undertaken. The developers have committed to protect the stone circle and leave a buffer zone between Coate Country Park and the development - but who would trust them.

If anyone is interested:
Maria Wheatley is giving a talk at the Central Library in Swindon in the evening of 4th April at 7.00pm "about the Coate Stone Circle and what it meant to our ancestors, how they were aligned to the heavens and why they were constructed here in Swindon" (that's the information as it was given to me - there are other 'lost' circles in the area, the M4 being built across one of them).

Also on Saturday 5th April 2014 in the Lambourne Room, Holiday Inn, Coate, 10:00am – 4:00pm there will be a programme of talks and videos focussed upon the Coate area, “Jefferies Land”, the history of the Country Park and Canal.