<< Our Photo Pages >> Kerry Hill - Stone Circle in Wales in Powys
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Kerry Hill Alternative Name: Kerry PoleCountry: Wales County: Powys Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Newtown Nearest Village: Kerry
Map Ref: SO15768607 Landranger Map Number: 136
Latitude: 52.466047N Longitude: 3.241419W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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A suspiciously well preserved centre-stone circle (which are common around these parts - see also The Hoarstones and Mitchell’s Fold) located on the slopes of kerry Hill overlooking mid-Wales to the west.
Eight roughly equi-spaced stones ring the squat, broad central stone. On the western arc of the circle a possible embankment can just be made out. Some of the stones are only upto 0.40m in height and are quite thin - with number of sheep around it is a surprise that some have survived (although there is erosion around one or two of the stones). Judging by the vague tyre tracks through the circle the farmer doesn’t always drive his quad bike around the monument.
Burl classifies this site as “good, worth a visit” but “uncertain status”. He records the circle as being 26.5 x 25.1 x 24.8m in size.
Please note that the site is on private land. A car park is located at SO14858630 to serve the ridgeway track and a path off the ridgeway runs close to the circle. The location of a number of barrows along this track is an interesting feature to note.
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