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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Doll TorCountry: England County: Derbyshire Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Matlock Nearest Village: Birchover
Map Ref: SK2383062873 Landranger Map Number: 119
Latitude: 53.162452N Longitude: 1.645039W
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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YorkshireCaviar visited on 27th Dec 2024 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4
rvbaker2003 visited on 24th Dec 2024 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 3 A pleasure to have the site to ourselves. Can easily tell where it's been damaged/repaired but love this place nonetheless. Hope it lasts for further generations.
Couplands visited on 29th Sep 2024 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3
Couplands visited on 22nd Oct 2023 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 3
Couplands visited on 14th Oct 2023 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 3
Summer144 visited on 12th Nov 2022 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 1 Couldn’t locate a path but located the circle👍🏼😄
hamrerhippyer visited on 4th Jun 2022 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 3
Marko visited on 21st Mar 2020 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3
Catrinm visited on 21st Dec 2019 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4 Visited on winter solstice/there had been a fire in centre of ring.
elad13 visited on 16th Mar 2019 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 3 my favourite site and visit it regularly and have videos of it on my youtube chanel - Travelor in time
ZamZam visited on 9th Aug 2016 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 3 Lovely little circle
NickyD visited on 9th Apr 2016 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 3
shawid visited on 1st Jan 2012 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 3
lscollinson visited on 7th Feb 2007 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4 A magical little circle even after the rebuild. Very ambient in a quiet woodland setting.
BolshieBoris visited on 1st Jan 1986 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 3
livingstone visited - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 3 Thankfully hidden away and less visited by the nearby..ish 9 ladies
Shalaa visited - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 1
Moonbeams Humbucker Bladup TimPrevett rldixon nicoladidsbury TheWhiteRider Wazza12 have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.35 Ambience: 4.65 Access: 2.94
Shortly before the spring equinox in 1993 there was an incorrect reconstruction by persons unknown. During this tampering, the circle was wrongly changed to consist of fourteen standing stones with much of the eastern cairn removed to form a stone bank over three sides of the cairn’s central setting. Having been recently restored by English Heritage and the Peak National Park Authority, the site is seen today as it would have been originally in the Bronze Age.
After a recent visit, I was disappointed to find at least 2 of the stones in need of repair. In 1931 during Heathcote's "Excavation" 2 stone's were mysteriously broken and cemented back together. The cement is now cracking and the stones WILL soon be in pieces - Shaun.
Page originally by Vicky
Note: Reports that Doll Tor has been vandalised, with a number of stones lifted out of their sockets. Derbyshire Police and Historic England's Heritage Crime unit are on the case. Can you help?
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