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<< Our Photo Pages >> Stonor Park - Stone Circle in England in Oxfordshire

Submitted by Tom_Bullock on Wednesday, 18 August 2004  Page Views: 14307

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Stonor Park
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 0.7 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Oxfordshire Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Henley
Map Ref: SU74318913  Landranger Map Number: 141
Latitude: 51.596124N  Longitude: 0.928602W
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
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 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.
5 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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Stonor Park submitted by Sinjy : There are a few larger stones to the right of this photo on the other side of the entrance road to the estate (Vote or comment on this photo)
Modern or possibly reconstructed stone circle in Oxfordshire

The Administrator of the Stonor Estate has informed us that "The stone circle is of comparatively recent construction, but of stones found in the vicinity which correspond in type to a cornerstone underpinning the medieval chapel here. By implication these stones were part of a much older pre-Christian circle which was located where the Chapel now is. As you know it was frequently the habit in medieval time to "claim" a pagan circle for Christianity by including a stone in the foundations for the new christian chapel. The stones have been re-located here in the last 30 years or so, I believe"
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Stonor Park
Stonor Park submitted by Spiddly : Stone circle at Stonor Park, Oxfordshire. The stones have been relocated from their original location in the last 30 years, with one of the stones incorporated into the foundations of a nearby medieval chapel. I was pleasantly surprised by the number of stones scattered across the site as you drive up the hill. It offers legitimacy for the stone circle’s presence, although I’m aware that ... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Stonor Park submitted by Antonine : Visited 2014 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Stonor Park submitted by Antonine

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Re: Stonor Park by 4seasonbackpacking on Thursday, 01 November 2018
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    Re: Stonor Park by Andy B on Friday, 02 November 2018
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    Really great video, thanks Richard! I had no idea the stone circle was so impressive. It's definitely an odd one too. Please could you upload some of the stone circle pics onto our page too.
    Cheers
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Re: Stonor Park stone circle by Andy B on Monday, 18 February 2013
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The chapel and the house were built on the site of a prehistoric circle of standing stones, which may be seen, adjacent to the house. One such stone has been visibly incorporated into the south-east corner of the chapel.

There are two types of stones. There are sarsens, blocks of sandstone, residual boulders from a bed of sandstone which once covered the chalk at the top of the valley to the East of the chapel, and which were deposited by the weight of the ice melting at the end of the ice age - more than 3000 years ago. The name sarsen is derived from the 17th century use of the word Saracen, denoting something foreign and unusual. Another type of natural stone formation is the pudding stone [see nearby sites list], consisting of pebbles stuck together by natural limestone cement that has washed between them and hardened into solid rock.
More at https://www.stonor.com/stone-circle/

Archived version of the page, with photo: http://web.archive.org/web/20120817195603/http://www.stonor.com/stonor_stone_circle.htm

The chapel
Steeped in family history, the original Chapel of the Holy Trinity was built in the late 13th Century on the site of a prehistoric Stone Circle. Look closely at the southeast corner and you will see that it rests upon one of these mystical stones - a symbol of Christianity adopting the ancient site as its own.
Source: http://www.stonor.com/discover/chapel/
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    Re: Stonor Park stone circle by Andy B on Thursday, 16 August 2018
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    I wonder if any archaeologists have investigated this circle or the surrounding area to see what its true history is?
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Re: Stonor Park by howar on Tuesday, 18 May 2004
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The stone circle seen now is a modern reconstruction (probably not using any stones therefore). The original stood near the Roman Catholic family chapel.
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