Stripple stones
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| Location | Bodmin Moor, Cornwall |
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| Coordinates | 50°32′49″N 4°37′16″W / 50.547032°N 4.621054°W |
| Type | Henge and stone circle |
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| Periods | Neolithic / Bronze Age |
The Stripple stones (or Stripple stones circle) is a henge and stone circle located on the south slope of Hawk's Tor, Blisland, 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north northeast of Bodmin on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall, England, UK.[1][2]
Description
First recorded by this name during the reign of
Archaeology
The Stripple stones were excavated in 1905 by H. St. George Gray who found a burnt flint, three flint flakes, an ox bone and some charcoal and oak timbers in the surrounding ditch. He also detected an entrance from this facing southwest, directly towards the Trippet stones. Gray noted that the stones had only been set approximately 1.5 feet (0.46 m) deep into the ground. Four postholes were found surrounding the central stone which was discovered to have been offset from the centre of the circle by 14 feet (4.3 m) to the south southeast.[4]
Alignments
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The vallum surrounding the circle has three semi-lunar projections facing towards the northwest, northeast and east. It has been completely obliterated to the south.
Literature
- William Borlase (1754). Observations on the antiquities, historical and monumental, of the county of Cornwall ...: Consisting of several essays on the first inhabitants, Druid-superstition, customs, and remains of the most remote antiquity, in Britain, and the British Isles ... With a summary of the religious, civil, and military state of Cornwall before the Norman Conquest ... Printed by W. Jackson, in the High-Strand.
- William Copeland Borlase (1872). Naenia Cornubiae: the cromlechs and tumuli of Cornwall. Llanerch. ISBN 978-1-897853-36-8.
- William C. Lukis (1885). The prehistoric stone monuments of the British Isles: Cornwall. Printed for Nichols and Sons for the Society of Antiquaries.
- Aubrey Burl (2005). A guide to the stone circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-11406-5.
References
- ^ a b c William C. Lukis (1885). The prehistoric stone monuments of the British Isles: Cornwall. Printed for Nichols and Sons for the Society of Antiquaries. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
- ISBN 978-0-86054-094-6. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
- ^ John Maclean (sir.) (1868). Parochial and family history of the parish of Blisland, p. 24. pp. 24–. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-300-11406-5. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
- ISBN 978-0-7661-5162-8. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
- ISBN 978-0-7478-0614-1. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
- ISBN 978-0-7661-5162-8. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
External links
- Illustrated entry in the Megalithic Portal
- Illustrated entry in the Modern Antiquarian
- Map sources for Stripple stones
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