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bishop_pam visited on 29th Aug 2017 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 3

SolarMegalith visited on 20th Jun 2016 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 4

Anne T visited on 18th Jun 2016 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Mare & Foal (2nd visit). We had been up at nearby Edges Green for a geology field day (afternoon) as part of the Tynedale North of the Wall Archaeology Group and had the pleasure of taking one of the members of the group (well known to the Portal, but I don't want to give his name here as I've not asked his permission) up to this small but brilliantly placed stone circle. Parking by the side of the minor road off the Military Road, we went through the gate in the field this time (as opposed to clambering over the wooden fence by the road). The ground was really tussocky and walking was difficult for the first 100 yards or so, having to balance on each one to take a step. Andrew and our guest marched off as if it was level ground, and I felt envious! Whilst there isn't a footpath up to this site, it looked as if other people had also recently walked this way. Coming up to the Mare and Foal from the north-west the stones clearly sat on a raised bank. In the early evening light, it looked very inviting. Closer up, we could see the area around it had been heavily quarried in a number of areas and it looked as if the stones might have been re-erected judging by the packing around them. Standing just south of the smaller stone, looking north up to Cawfields Gap and the Hadrian's Wall ridge, there is a third, smaller stone buried deep in the grass.

Anne T visited on 24th Jan 2016 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5 Mare & Foal Stone Circle, just west of Twice Brewed, Hadrian's Wall: After many months of not being able to get 'out and about', even though the day dawned dull, damp and dreary, it was great to be able to get out into the open countryside again. Strangely, we've driven past this little stone circle on many occasions as we've driven up and down the Military Road (the B6318), but I thought it was just north of Hadrian's Wall. How wrong can you be?
We'd been up into the Edges Green area to try and locate the course of the Roman Aqueduct which wends its way around the contours around here, but it's very difficult to pick out. Anyway, Roman's never did float my boat.
I've wanted to visit this stone circle for ages. We parked at the side of the road leading up toward Shield On The Wall farm. There is no actual footpath here, but it's possible to hop over the wooden fencing where the stone wall adjacent to the B6318 meets the wire fencing which runs northwards up the slope. There were no animals in the field, and the farmer was herding his sheep in the field opposite. I waved and he showed no signs of warning us off.
From the road looking west, it looks as if the stones sit on a low curved mound. The larger stone had a 'bruise' on one side, which in the photographs looked like a cup and ring, but actually seems to be where part of the stone has been broken away.

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