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<< Our Photo Pages >> Chew Stoke - Stone Circle in England in Somerset

Submitted by David_Mullin on Tuesday, 17 September 2002  Page Views: 14644

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Chew Stoke
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.452 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Somerset Type: Stone Circle

Map Ref: ST560616  Landranger Map Number: 172
Latitude: 51.351762N  Longitude: 2.633213W
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
Destroyed Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
2 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.
5 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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Chew Stoke
Chew Stoke submitted by theCaptain : Destroyed stone circle once supposed to have stood near where the Methodist church is now built. Some stones were to be found laying in the hedge nearby in the last century. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Destroyed stone circle once supposed to have stood near where the Methodist church is now built. Some stones were to be found laying in the hedge nearby in the last century.

Chew Stoke stone circle was possibly never there, but simply mis-identified.
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Chew Stoke
Chew Stoke submitted by AngieLake : The diagram to go with the comment posted on 10th August 2015. The numbered route of the 'spirit path' shows the circle at (8). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Chew Stoke
Chew Stoke submitted by theCaptain : Description of Chew Stoke stone circle from "The Lost Stone Circles of North Somerset" by EK Tratman. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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ST5661 : Keep out by Neil Owen
by Neil Owen
©2014(licence)
ST5561 : Blurry signage by Neil Owen
by Neil Owen
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ST5561 : Chew Stoke Methodist Church by Neil Owen
by Neil Owen
©2014(licence)
ST5661 : A pastoral scene by Neil Owen
by Neil Owen
©2014(licence)
ST5561 : The new part and the graveyard by Neil Owen
by Neil Owen
©2018(licence)

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Re: Chew Stoke destoryed stone circle by AngieLake on Monday, 10 August 2015
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More evidence of this missing circle appears in an excerpt from 'A Directory of Ley Lines', (poss by Danny Sullivan?)
[I had been sent a faint photocopy of this page by a friend several years ago now, and it's just come to light.]

Quoting from the section: 'A SUPERNATURAL HIGHWAY',
'The spirit flight of Molly N'
(OS 1:50,000 Landranger Sheet 172).

"There is a folk tale attached to a length of the old coach road from Bristol to Wells that runs between Bedminster Down and East Harptree suggesting that the route has a corresponding equivalent in the Other world.
A tale related by Phill Quinn in The Ley Hunter no. 126 concerns the journey of an eccentric 19th century woman, Molly N, and a phantom horse.
Exhausted on her journey from Bristol market she called out for a horse. A white pony appeared and carried her at a furious pace towards East Harptree. At the Mollybrook stream the horse stopped suddenly and threw her to the ground, knocking her unconscious.
The route followed by this 'spirit flight' is host to hauntings, holy wells, a stone circle, a corpse path and a suicide crossroads burial.
The spirit path starts at the Cross Keys Inn (1), once the site of an 18th century gibbet, where the spectral horse appeared. It then passes [..] haunted driveway to Bishopsworth manor house (2), a haunted stretch of road over Dundry Hill (3), the ancient spring of Wriggleswell (4), and the foot of Pagan Hill (5), the site of a Roman temple and votive well. At Chew Stoke the road was once part of a burial path called Pilgrim's Way (6) which ran to St Andrew's Church (7). A stone circle (8) once stood by the side of the road a few hundred yards further on alongside a holy well (9). A modern diversion in the road mis[..] Moreton Cross and St Mary's Well (10) before rejoining the route [..] White Cross, a suicide burial place (11), and terminating at the par[ish?] boundary (12) where Molly N ended her spirit journey."

There's a diagram of this route below the text. It was a faint photocopy and missed off some words which are shown above in brackets '[..]'.
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Re: Chew Stoke by 4clydesdale7 on Saturday, 12 May 2012
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Several of the Stanton Drew party went off to visit this site after Leigh Down - uncertainty led to feint hearts - none of us was sure whether the old stone circle was reputed to be behind this methodist church or by the local anglican village church - later enquiries revealed that evidence had been gathered recently that the old stone circle lies behind this church (the methodist) and is part within the churchyard and part in the field to the south - no stones seem to be obvious but I am continuing my quest -
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    Re: Chew Stoke by Runemage on Saturday, 12 May 2012
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    Would there be any Parish records, perhaps even minutes of the Parish Council meetings to suggest any site preparation prior to building the chapel?
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      Re: Chew Stoke by TheCaptain on Sunday, 13 May 2012
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      apparently nothing useful - see the screenshot of relevant section from "The Lost Stone Circles of North Somerset" by EK Tratman.
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      Re: Chew Stoke by 4clydesdale7 on Sunday, 13 May 2012
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      Thanks for the useful suggestion - I will set the bloodhound on the trail!
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Re: Chew Stoke by TheCaptain on Saturday, 12 May 2012
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