I have this on good authority: References to a stone circle on Bathampton Down are apparently vague because one never existed. The many stones lying round the fields here occur completely naturally. The holes in them are also natural, caused by imperfections (e.g. corals) in the oolite wearing away with water drainage after glacial transportation. The “standing stones” shown here were erected in the 1700s as demarcations of the extremities of a two-mile horse racecourse of the time. The stones shown in photos on this site are on Claverton Down (Bushy Norwood etc.), not Bathampton Down. There are more reliable ancient reports of a stone avenue on the northern edge of Bathampton Down (half a mile or so from the stones shown here) but this was seemingly cleared without trace long ago. There are many bronze age, iron age and Roman remains around this plateau, but many have been obliterated. Some of the largest are not shown on current maps, but will have been significant in size. Barrows and roundhouses have been identified and part excavated. I also learned that some of the information on OS maps is quite inaccurate.
PhilRogers
This is the west slope of Scratchbury
This is taken from Middle Hill between Scratchbury and Battlebury
This is the view south from Maesbury Castle towards Glastonbury Tor.
Contains a brief description of the site.
This is the view into Bath from Solsbury Hill. It had just rained and the steam was rising, creating a very intriguing effect.
The view from the road.
This is the view from halfway up, having followed the lower path through the woods.
View to Long Knoll
View to Camp with scarp
View to Alfred’s Tower. Alfred’s Tower commands spectacular views. Ley hunters note the tree clump in alignment between these two sites.
View SE from Camp
View East
Cross Dyke and Tumulus
Cows and Long Knoll. Corroborates Rhiannon’s fieldnotes. Looking from the Camp, the tumuli at the NW end align with the high point of Long Knoll.