I literally stumbled across this structure yesterday whilst taking a walk up the nearby tor. I first viewed it from the top of the hill and was quite taken aback, not least because I hadn't expected to see it! Added to the surprise was that there wasn't another soul about, despite it being a beautiful sunny day during the school holidays. As I descended towards the huge stone structure, which I estimated at 100m in diameter, I began to formulate ideas as to its purpose. I assumed the causeway linking the tor and the enclosure was a relatively recent addition to protect the hillside but I couldn't help wonder if there was an ancient link. I was thinking some sort of worship place at this point. The walls of the structure were extremely impressive, being constructed of quite massive stones most requiring many men to lift them yet there were hundreds producing the enclosure. Within, I was again surprised to find that the numerous piles of stones actually made up smaller enclosures, perhaps 3m wide. Most seemed far too small to be actual dwellings, yet one in particular had a most definate serpentine entrance to it. To the south lay a definate entrance to the entire site which, like the previously mentioned 'dwelling' seem rather too perfect - a modern addition/reconstruction, I assumed. In order to get a good picture of the entire site, I walked a little further up the opposite hill, only to find other almost hidden structures in the turf. These made definate and very straight lines, apparently unconnected with the main site. My final impression was a site, probably bronze age almost certainly a dwelling or fortification of some nature but with possible religious undertones.
Overall, I found my 'discovery' a breath of fresh air in the age of overcommersialised and over-informed sites. It was fabulous being able to formulate my own conclusions from what I could see in the brief time I had (the flying ants were terrible) Of couse, since checking up my find on the net, I found a wealth of information on it, but had I had this prior to yesterday, my experience would have been less intense.
I would recommend anyone to visit this site, but maybe try it without reading up about it first. Difficult if you're on this website, I expect!!
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