More Neolithic Stone Circles Found on Dartmoor, May Form “Sacred Arc”
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="schema:primaryImageOfPage og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/Dartmoor1.jpg?itok=bl6_4PLO"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/Dartmoor1.jpg?itok=bl6_4PLO" width="610" height="363" alt="The kiss-in-the-ring stone circle near Hartford in Devon, one of the many stone circles found on Dartmoor." /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="schema:description content:encoded"><p>Archaeologist Alan Endacott has devoted the last two decades to searching for new stone circles in Dartmoor, a vast stretch of relatively desolate moorland in the uplands of Devon in southern England. For the second time, Endacott’s efforts have produced exciting results, as he and a team of volunteers just recently unearthed the ruins of two 5,000-year-old stone circles in Taw Marsh near Belstone, a small village in northern Devon.</p>
<p>The most prominent of these
monumental stone circles is near Metheral Hill, and accordingly Endacott is calling this one the Metheral stone circle. This monumental circle includes 20 stones, most of which have fallen, and it measures 130 feet by 110 feet (40 meters by 33 meters) in size. Intriguingly, the newly unearthed formation appears to bear some resemblance to
Stonehenge with respect to its design and layout.</p>
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