Intrigued by some recent theoies that Harold's Stones may have once been part of a stone circle, I went for a good look myself again this weekend.
I have to say that I would be extremely surprised if this site was once part of a circle, the landscape just looked all wrong to me. And surely there would have been some sort of historical record to suggest the matter, but considering that the village has been known as Trellech (three stones) for so long, I personally cannot believe it.
And finally, as for the three stones forming an arc, this is an illusion caused by the leaning of the stones. Looking along the line of the stones, if they were all standing upright, I reckon they are pretty much in a perfect straight line. See my recent picture.
Something is not right. This message is just to keep things from messing up down the road