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Peak
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Stone
Circle Continue through
Birchover and turn left near a quarry. After about ½ mile is a layby
where a footpath sign leads to the Cork Stone and the stone circle. There
are several sites here including three large ring cairns.
Cork Stone To reach the circle follow the track left at the Cork Stone which heads across the heather past a triangulation point towards the trees where the circle is located. When we visited a team
of archaeologists were excavating the site in the rain and doing a survey
to assess the erosion being caused by visitors as it is a popular walking
spot in the area.
This work should finish
by the end of November and the site will get back to normal until the
possible introduction of protective measures. It is a small Bronze Age
circle of nine
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The King Stone The King Stone, an outlier, to the WSW was being excavated all around it but very little had been found. The archaeologists said that interestingly no flint had been found as they had expected some. Flint does not appear naturally in the area but the expected to find some as in other sites of this age. So for some reason people had avoided taking flint to the area around the circle. Return visit
The circle with turf replaced
View of the moor and some cairns |
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