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Submitted by tjhavenith on Thursday, 17 August 2017  Page Views: 3722

Modern SitesSite Name: Tout Quarry Sculpture Park - The Circle of Stones Alternative Name: Cirkel van Stenen
Country: 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:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
5 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
4

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Tout Quarry Sculpture Park - The circle of stones
Tout Quarry Sculpture Park - The circle of stones submitted by tjhavenith : The inner circle (Vote or comment on this photo)
Tout Quarry is a disused quarry that has been a nature reserve and sculpture park since 1983 with the formation of the Portland Sculpture and Quarry Trust [1]. The quarry is home to a collection of amazing sculptures, one of which is the The Circle of Stones or Cirkel van Stenen in the language of the sculptors.

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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Tout Quarry Sculpture Park - The Circle of Stones
Tout Quarry Sculpture Park - The Circle of Stones submitted by TimPrevett : The two inner circles 15/08/17 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Tout Quarry Sculpture Park - The Circle of Stones
Tout Quarry Sculpture Park - The Circle of Stones submitted by TimPrevett : Closer up of the inner circle and altar stone. 15/08/17 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Tout Quarry Sculpture Park - The Circle of Stones
Tout Quarry Sculpture Park - The Circle of Stones submitted by TimPrevett : Owl in one of the outer stones, with the western outlier to rear left. The owls are not what they seem. 15/08/17 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Tout Quarry Sculpture Park - The Circle of Stones
Tout Quarry Sculpture Park - The Circle of Stones submitted by TimPrevett : Impressive carved chair which was surprisingly comfortable to sit in to look at the rest of the circle 15/08/17 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Tout Quarry Sculpture Park - The Circle of Stones
Tout Quarry Sculpture Park - The Circle of Stones submitted by TimPrevett : The altar stone has a basin with a raised section. Reminded me of a mortarium for grinding crops. The loose stone had the word "Ley" upon it, which surely will be of significance for some. 15/08/17 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Tout Quarry Sculpture Park - The Circle of Stones
Tout Quarry Sculpture Park - The Circle of Stones submitted by TimPrevett : A holed stone on the north side of the sculpture circle 15/08/17

Tout Quarry Sculpture Park - The Circle of Stones
Tout Quarry Sculpture Park - The Circle of Stones submitted by TimPrevett : An outlier on the western side has the most traditional standing stone feel to it, the one I liked the most. 15/08/17

Tout Quarry Sculpture Park - The Circle of Stones
Tout Quarry Sculpture Park - The Circle of Stones submitted by TimPrevett : View from the west 15/08/17

Tout Quarry Sculpture Park - The Circle of Stones
Tout Quarry Sculpture Park - The Circle of Stones submitted by TimPrevett : Standing on a ridge on the south west side of the sculpture circle gives the best appreciation of the modern monument. 15/08/17

Tout Quarry Sculpture Park - The Circle of Stones
Tout Quarry Sculpture Park - The Circle of Stones submitted by TimPrevett : One of the outer stones features this rather impressive cephalopod 15/08/17

Tout Quarry Sculpture Park - The Circle of Stones
Tout Quarry Sculpture Park - The Circle of Stones submitted by TimPrevett : This circle really does some anthropomorphic figures carved in it - on the other side of this one is a female form 15/08/17

Tout Quarry Sculpture Park - The Circle of Stones
Tout Quarry Sculpture Park - The Circle of Stones submitted by TimPrevett : This circle really does some anthropomorphic figures carved in it 15/08/17

Tout Quarry Sculpture Park - The Circle of Stones
Tout Quarry Sculpture Park - The Circle of Stones submitted by TimPrevett

Tout Quarry Sculpture Park - The circle of stones
Tout Quarry Sculpture Park - The circle of stones submitted by tjhavenith : Tout Quarry map. The circle of stones is number 54 and the closest sculpture to the car park.

Tout Quarry Sculpture Park - The circle of stones
Tout Quarry Sculpture Park - The circle of stones submitted by tjhavenith : Tout Quarry information board.

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Re: Tout Quarry Sculpture Park - The Circle of Stones by indistinguishability on Friday, 18 August 2017
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Visited a couple of years ago. Good use for a defunct quarry.
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