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Nine Stones Close

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Submitted byTimPrevett
AddedJan 11 2004
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Description Nine Stones Close has four stones still in situ and one moved erect into a field boundary to the south The saddening sight of broken stones cast aside against the field boundary.

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nicoladidsbury
(2005-02-28)
There are possibly three stones, each over 1.5m tall, in this pile that may have belonged to the original stone circle. I agree, it is very sad to see. It must have taken a lot of force to break this massive stone, and it makes me wonder if it was an act of religious fear.

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