I visited this fantastic ring a couple of times last week and took some photos. I was intrigued by the description and it is as atmospheric as the main description says. The stones are a reddish hard stone, only a few metres from the road under coniferous woodland and the majority are standing. The missing side of the circle seems to be boggy ground (it was still mire even in August) so at first I wondered if the stones had simply sunk in the soft ground.
However the stones that are described as forming the avenue look more random than I'd have expected (possibly naievly). I wondered if these eight were actually the missing stones from the other half of the circle, 'rescued' from the mire and then just left. Just an idea. I'll post the photo of them if it turns out ok so you can see for yourself
Another thought I had when checking the map later was whether the site aligns with the two clefts in the chalk downs, one south west (roughly south of Rempstone Hall) and the other east-southeast (where Ulwell Road crosses from the B335 down to Swannage). Could these possibly be solstice alignments? The tree cover means I couldn't tell from the site itself sadly.
All in all a fantastic stone circle. We added a couple of coins to the already fairly well adorned circular dips in one of the stones as homage/offering
Something is not right. This message is just to keep things from messing up down the road