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Modern SitesSite Name: Tout Quarry Sculpture Park - The Circle of Stones Alternative Name: Cirkel van StenenCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 0.986 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Dorset Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Nearest Town: Weymouth Nearest Village: Fortuneswell
Map Ref: SY68397248
Latitude: 50.551219N Longitude: 2.447536W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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RedKite1985 visited on 20th Jun 2022 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 4
This was a project of many years created by a group of sculptors from Holland, Groep 85. They have collaborated together since 1985 and began this project in 2001 at the stone carving and sculpture workshop that is held each year on the site.
Situated on the southern end of the Tout Quarry Sculpture Park, this area of the quarry used to be a household refuse tip, but within a decade this wonderful sculpture of a concentric stone circle had been installed with plenty of interesting artworks to be seen [2].
More information about the sculpture park is available here, Portland Sculpture and Quarry Trust and there is a dedicated website about the circle HERE.
Within this sculpture park other interesting pieces include:
Tout Quarry Sculpture Park Alignment
and the very recent
Tout Quarry Sculpture Park Stone Circle
Accessibility
Access for wheelchairs and pushchairs isn't great unless they're made for rugged outdoor use. There are lots of lose stones and at times it can be slippery.
Access
There is a free car park for the sculpture park at the end of Tradecroft. I have added a Street View of the short road that leads to the car park. There are also some information boards on site with a map of some sculptures and information about the site.
Street View
[1] Tout Quarry
[2] The Circle of Stones
Additional information by Tim Prevett.
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