<< Events >> Aubrey Burl opens the Rollright Stones footpath
Submitted by PaulM on Sunday, 19 June 2005 Page Views: 9486
EventsCountry: England County: Oxfordshire Type: Stone CircleInternal Links:
Dr Burl is Patron of the Rollright Trust, he has a special interest in Rollright - having visited the site during a weekend in Chipping Norton playing cricket. It was this visit that prompted him to suggest studying stone circles for his archaeology course... the rest as they say is history!
Those of you who have been following the Rollright recent history from the formation of the public appeal to set up the Trust will no doubt realise just what a special day this was for all of us involved in the care and
preservation of this wonderful historic place. It was intended from the very beginning that where possible the stones would be accessible to all including the disabled. Rollright unlike the majority of other megalithic sites is close to a road and a densely poplulated area. On the downside it does mean the site gets a lot more visitors than more remote sites leading to a continouis battle against erosion. On the plus side it does mean that those who are unable to trudge across hills and field are able in one small
area to visit a complex of megalithic sites that commence in the mid-neolithic to bronze-age. The new paths have been seeded with a hardwearing grass mix and have been laid with a protective mesh that is firm enough for most wheelchairs.
Since the formation of the Trust in September 1997 the Trust has managed to acquire* extra land to the south of the circle, thereby opening up the original entrance. We have also managed to acquire more land to form a wide footpath from the circle along the top of the field and around the Whispering Knights. The Knights were formerly accessed via the road with no footpath and fast traffic. The Knights monument was suffering the effects of severe soil erosion caused by ploughing too close to the railings.
Thanks to the addition of more land surrounding the WK's the erosion problem has been rectified.
*The additional land being acquired by either informal agreement (King Stone) or by lease though it is still hoped that at some future point that Trust may be in a position to purchase the land it now manages outright.
. Rollright Stones - Kings Men Stone Circle.
Admission Free - donations in the box on the wall of the wardens lodge all gratefully accepted.
With thanks to Karin for the write-up
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