<< Our Photo Pages >> Ham Hill stone circle - Modern Stone Circle etc in England in Somerset
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Modern SitesSite Name: Ham Hill stone circleCountry: England County: Somerset Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Nearest Town: Yeovil Nearest Village: Stoke sub Hamdon
Map Ref: ST478171
Latitude: 50.950957N Longitude: 2.744484W
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 |
0 | No data. |
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 |
0 | no data |
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This circle was built by the Millenium Project to commemorate the centuries of quarrying on Ham Hill and the stonemasons that worked here. The fifteen stones are all of the local "hamstone".
This site is still here despite the fuss about 'pagan activities' (see this news story).
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