Stripple stones

Coordinates: 50°32′49″N 4°37′16″W / 50.547032°N 4.621054°W / 50.547032; -4.621054
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Stripple stones
Stripple stones is located in Cornwall
Stripple stones
Shown within Cornwall
LocationBodmin Moor, Cornwall
Coordinates50°32′49″N 4°37′16″W / 50.547032°N 4.621054°W / 50.547032; -4.621054
TypeHenge and stone circle
History
PeriodsNeolithic / 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

Queen Elizabeth I[3] the circle has been described by William Lukis as "the most interesting and remarkable monument in the county". It is surrounded by a circular ditch and vallum that forms a level platform 175 feet (53 m) in diameter. The circle is 145.5 feet (44.3 m) in diameter with four granite standing stones and several fallen. In the centre is a giant fallen menhir approximately 12 feet (3.7 m) long and 5 feet (1.5 m) at the widest point, split in three places. Lukis suggested that with an average spacing of 12 feet (3.7 m), there would have been thirty seven original stones, whilst Aubrey Burl suggested only twenty eight.[1][4]

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

Plan of the Stripple stones

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.

Capella in 1250 BC.[7]

Literature

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ISBN 978-0-86054-094-6
    . Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  3. ^ John Maclean (sir.) (1868). Parochial and family history of the parish of Blisland, p. 24. pp. 24–. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
  4. ^
    ISBN 978-0-300-11406-5
    . Retrieved 23 May 2011.
  5. ISBN 978-0-7661-5162-8
    . Retrieved 23 May 2011.
  6. ISBN 978-0-7478-0614-1
    . Retrieved 23 May 2011.
  7. ISBN 978-0-7661-5162-8
    . Retrieved 23 May 2011.
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