Brisworthy Stone Circle

The first of the “proper” Dartmoor circles I’ve visited, Brisworthy is brilliant, even in the 45 degree rain. It’s set on a sloping hillside, and the eye is immediately drawn to Legis Tor across the valley to the east. It reminds me of other circles that have intervisible rocky outcrops nearby – Boskednan/Carn Galva; Tregeseal/Carn Kenidjack; Nine Ladies/Robin Hood’s Stride. All of these must have been built to sit as part of the bigger natural landscape, it’s an unavoidable connection. The stones of the circle are nicely graded too, and around its outside (particularly on the east) I notice that there are quite a number of small quartz stones in the ground, almost as if there was an outer ring. Be interested to know what anyone else makes of that (if anything!).