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<< Our Photo Pages >> Gillingham Stone circle - Stone Circle in England in Kent

Submitted by Hengerunner on Thursday, 14 March 2024  Page Views: 13075

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Gillingham Stone circle
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.419 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Kent Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Gillingham
Map Ref: TQ7835668721
Latitude: 51.389499N  Longitude: 0.562030E
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
 2 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
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Gillingham Stone circle
Gillingham Stone circle submitted by Andy B : I visited on Saturday 13th April, could these have come from a lost stone circle? I'm not totally convinced. What do you think? (Vote or comment on this photo)
The map of 1869 shows a stone circle near the church of Mary Madgalen in Gillingham. This has now been destroyed and it was was absent from the first OS maps. However, the stones may have possibly been relocated as curbing along an area of green space nearby.

There are 19 of these, a likely stone circle number, and they were rediscovered by Mr. L. Peters in the 90s. Page and text originally by HOLYWELL.
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Gillingham Stone circle
Gillingham Stone circle submitted by Andy B : You can just see the church from the current location of the stones. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Gillingham Stone circle
Gillingham Stone circle submitted by Andy B : I visited on Saturday 13th April, could these have come from a lost stone circle? I'm not totally convinced. What do you think? (Vote or comment on this photo)

Gillingham Stone circle
Gillingham Stone circle submitted by Andy B (Vote or comment on this photo)

Gillingham Stone circle
Gillingham Stone circle submitted by Andy B : A view of the nearby St Mary's church from close the stones. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Gillingham Stone circle
Gillingham Stone circle submitted by Andy B : I visited on Saturday 13th April, could these have come from a lost stone circle? I'm not totally convinced. What do you think? (Vote or comment on this photo)

Gillingham Stone circle
Gillingham Stone circle submitted by Andy B

Gillingham Stone circle
Gillingham Stone circle submitted by Andy B

Gillingham Stone circle
Gillingham Stone circle submitted by Andy B

Gillingham Stone circle
Gillingham Stone circle submitted by Andy B

Gillingham Stone circle
Gillingham Stone circle submitted by Andy B

Gillingham Stone circle
Gillingham Stone circle submitted by Neosarcen : Map showing stones original position (1 comment)

Gillingham Stone circle
Gillingham Stone circle submitted by Hengerunner : Gillingham Stone Circle sarsons repositioned as curb stones, photo taken January 2019

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Gillingham Stone circle Video by Andy B on Sunday, 14 April 2024
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Link to the video from my recent visit that shows all the stones:
youtube.com/shorts/Y4I5xVoARsQ
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Re: Gillingham Stone circle by Anonymous on Friday, 15 March 2024
Is it probable/possible they might be reinstated? Or at least, labelled in some way as to show the origin of the stones?
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    Re: Gillingham Stone circle by Andy B on Friday, 15 March 2024
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    I doubt it, the whole thing is pretty speculative to be honest but interesting nonetheless. A close examination of the stones there might show if they had been standing with one end in the ground in the past.
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      Re: Gillingham Stone circle by Andy B on Sunday, 14 April 2024
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      See my most recent photos. To me they don't look like one end of any was ever in the ground. Do they?
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Gillingham Stone Circle Street View by SteveDut on Wednesday, 31 March 2010
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Re: Gillingham Stone circle by coldrum on Monday, 28 April 2008
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A friend pointed this out to me way before it was mentioned by Mr. L. Peters. He had known about the stones for quite a while as being a long term resident of Gillingham he was well aware of the local landmarks.
As far as I remember from what he said, the stones were found during building/road works in the area and then used as decoration on the green.
He wondered if they had belonged to a megalithic tomb.
Had a quick look to see if I could locate on line the 1869 map. I found one on this site although it takes a bit of searching to find the Church.

http://www.old-maps.co.uk/indexmappage2.aspx

Was unable to spot a Stone circle on it though. There was a circular feature near Bachelors Cottage but it's not named as anything.
The stones in Gillingham are mentioned either in a book by F. Russell Clampitt called The Coldrum Line (1993, 1898188009) or the Leslie J Peters book Gads Hill ley (published by the author in 1999).
They are both slim paperback books, and were published locally so they might not be easily available.
The Medway library service does have copies but I don't think they are for lone, they wern't when I was working there.
They can be found on the Library catalogue :

http://www.medway.gov.uk/libraries


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