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Photo Pages: Falkner's Circle - Stone Circle in England in Wiltshire

Submitted by Andy B on Thursday, 11 March 2004  Page Views: 5910
Megaliths in England Site Name: Falkner's Circle
Country: England County: Wiltshire Type: Stone Circle

Map Ref: SU109693  Landranger Map Number: 173
Latitude: 51.422608N  Longitude: 1.844627W
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.
 1 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
 no data

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Falkner's Circle - Click for hi-res image
Stone Circle in Wiltshire, although only a single stone now remains. Soon to be excavated by Drs Josh Pollard and Mark Gillings, of Beckhampton Avenue Fame.
Pictured are:

Alastair McIvor (left) co-creator of the Megalith Map and Chris Tweed, founder of the Stones Mailing List at 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
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    Re: Falkner's Circle (Score: 1)
    by Andy B on Monday, 15 August 2005
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    Are more Geocachers now visiting Falkner's Circle than stones enthusiasts?

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