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<< Our Photo Pages >> Falkner's Circle - Stone Circle in England in Wiltshire

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Falkner's Circle
Country: England County: Wiltshire Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Marlborough  Nearest Village: Avebury
Map Ref: SU10986931  Landranger Map Number: 173
Latitude: 51.422697N  Longitude: 1.843477W
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.
4 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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TheCaptain saw from a distance on 25th Sep 2020 Climbing over Waden Hill before walking up the avenue back to Avebury, got a good view of the site of Falkners Circle with its singular stone glowing in the afternoon sun.

elad13 visited on 16th Mar 2019 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 3

NickyD visited on 7th Dec 2015 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 4

graemefield visited on 27th Jun 2011 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 4

Phillwhite visited on 9th Nov 1999 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 4 Easy to find if you know where it is! Drive or walk out of Avebury along the Avenue and stop at the free parking where the stones end. One the other side of the road is a hedge with access to the field. Walk down the hedge to almost the bottom order nd the stone is n the hedgerow.

TheCaptain visited on 4th Oct 1998 Visit lots of ancient sites on a long off road cycle tour from Avebury to Windmill Hill, along the Wansdyke and back up Kennet Avenue

mdensham have visited here

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2 Ambience: 3.25 Access: 3.75

Falkner's Circle
Falkner's Circle submitted by Humbucker : The last stone of Falkners Circle - taken in the snow earlier in February. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Only a single stone now remains in the hedge of this stone circle to the east of the West Kennet Avenue. Fragments of other sarsens remain in the hedge which may be remnants of the other stones.

It is named after a Mr.Falkner who was an antiquary from Devizes.

From Historic England
The monument was described by Falkner in 1840 and there is also a plan drawn by W Long which shows that this stone was originally part of a circle of at least 12 stones with a diameter of c.37m. Falkner lists, in addition to the surviving stone, two recumbent stones and nine holes from which stones had been extracted.

Excavations in 2002 by Drs Josh Pollard and Mark Gillings, of Beckhampton Avenue fame, seem to confirm that the feature was indeed a circle.

Curiously this component of the Avebury complex was overlooked by both John Aubrey and William Stukeley.
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Falkner's Circle
Falkner's Circle submitted by Bladup : The last remaining stone of Falkner's Circle drenched in midwinter sunlight. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Falkner's Circle
Falkner's Circle submitted by NickyD : Falkner's circle (remains of!) with West Kennet Avenue in the distance (NickyD) Image copyright: stonesearcher, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Falkner's Circle
Falkner's Circle submitted by Thorgrim : Just one stone remains standing now. Where are the others? They are broken and scattered in the adjacent hedgerows. Don't you just love farmers - custodians of the land! The circle was described by Falkner in 1840 and a plan by W. Long shows that there were 12 stones in a circle of 37m circumference. So the damage has been done since then. The circle is sign-posted from the road alongsi... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Falkner's Circle
Falkner's Circle submitted by Horatio : The last remaining stone of the circle but plenty of Sarsens lying around in the immediate vicinity in the hedges and ditch. The Avenue is visable along with Waden Hill in the background (Vote or comment on this photo)

Falkner's Circle
Falkner's Circle submitted by TheCaptain : Climbing over Waden Hill from Silbury Hill before walking up the avenue back to Avebury, I got a good view of the site of Falkners Circle with its singular stone glowing in the afternoon sun. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Falkner's Circle
Falkner's Circle submitted by elad13 : View of West Kennet Avenue from the Fulkner's stone

Falkner's Circle
Falkner's Circle submitted by elad13 : Falkner's Circle from 2019

Falkner's Circle
Falkner's Circle submitted by Postman : Looking over the last stone up to the ridgeway.

Falkner's Circle
Falkner's Circle submitted by Postman : Looking over the last stone to West Kennett Avenue.

Falkner's Circle
Falkner's Circle submitted by Postman : Odd place for a stone circle, kinda complicates the big picture.

Falkner's Circle
Falkner's Circle submitted by Postman : Big stone in the hedge near Faulkners circle

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Re: Falkner's Circle by Blingo_von_Trumpenstein on Monday, 27 June 2016
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Finally got to visit this circle last week and it is such a gutting feeling to know what was there until recently(ish) but to be left with 1 stone in view. I suspect Faulkner's circle has secrets to reveal in relation to alignments within the Avebury complex (or should that be the Windmill Hill complex?). Currently studying...
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