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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Twyford stone circleCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 3.076 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Hampshire Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Winchester Nearest Village: Twyford
Map Ref: SU481250
Latitude: 51.022367N Longitude: 1.31558W
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 |
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| 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 |
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To the west of the churchyard is Berry Bridge over the River Itchen. On the left of the lane as you approach the bridge (grid reference SU48002511) are two recumbent sarsen stones "connected with village legend".[source].
The Twyford Parish Council website expands a bit further on the "local folklore" ... the twelve stones originally stood as an upright circle on a mound near the site of the church. A Charter granted in the year 972 AD, in the reign of King Edgar, refers to an 'Egsanmor' (slaughter stone) at Twyford. It is from bits of evidence such as these that the legend evolved of a Druidic religious site having existed in the village in pre-Roman times - perfectly plausible, given the proximity of Bronze Age (ca 1500 BC) and Iron Age (ca 1 AD) settlements on the hill later named after St Catherine and on Twyford Down.
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Access The church is to the west of the B3335 through Twyford, down Church Lane. There is room to park next to the churchyard. It is also accessible from the footpaths along the Itchen valley to the south of Winchester.
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