In 1932, writing for the Devonshire Association about the prehistoric monuments of Scorhill, Buttern Hill and Shuggledown (Shoveldown), R. Hansford Worth had this to say about Buttern Hill Circle:
"At the foot of the western slope of Buttern Hill lies another circle, slightly smaller than that on Scorhill. Here five stones are still erect, nineteen have fallen, triggers give clear indication of the position formerly occupied by five stones now lost, and there are some doubtful, and small, stones. The tallest member now standing is but twenty-eight inches above ground, and of a curious shape, which seems to be purely natural in origin. The gatepost merchant has been here also, and some of the fallen stones owe their present shape to his interference, being now more columnar than before his attack. The nearest equivalent true circle would have a diameter of eighty-one feet.
In 1931 a great part of the turf within the circle was skimmed off for fuel, in accordance with an unfortunate habit which prevails in the Chagford district, where little true peat-cutting is now done. Although this habit disfigures the moor, and destroys pasture, it has one slight advantage. It reveals the worked flints that so often lie immediately under the turf; and this, and not the greater prevalence of implements, has probably led to the marked predominance in our museums of flints from the north and east of Dartmoor. So far nothing has been found as the result of this operation within Buttern Circle.
A Plan of Buttern Hill Circle is given overleaf, and a drawing of the tallest stone still standing is here inserted."
(The sketch - which I'm assuming is from the inner face - shows a stone that looks a little like an eagle, with its head turned to the viewer's right. A broader, shoulder-like base, tapering to a sort of right-turned hook.)
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