Almsworthy Common
Almsworthy Common is a small area of unenclosed land in Exmoor, south-western England. It contains a number of archaeological sites.
It is about 2 miles north of Exford roughly 0.5 km2 in area, and the Macmillan Way West passes through it, as does the parish boundary between Exford and Porlock. It reaches a height of 453 metres.[1]
Stone settings are arrangements of upright stones either scattered randomly or in a roughly geometric pattern.[2] They are the most common form of stone monument found on Exmoor, with 57 conclusively recorded examples in this area.[2] A large number are known to have existed but have been destroyed.[2]
560 m south west of Chetsford Bridge is a stone alignment.[3][4] The archaeologist Aubrey Burl stated that an "eye of faith" was needed to identify "either a ring or a set of rows."[5] The Ordnance Survey list it as a "Stone Circle" on their map.[5] In his 1970 study of the archaeology of Exmoor, Leslie Grinsell thought that it was "probably" a stone circle.[6]
The common is also the site of one of the best preserved hut circles on Exmoor.[7]
References
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[edit | edit source]- ^ Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 map
- ^ a b c Riley & Wilson-North 2001, p. 27.
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- ^ a b Burl 2005, p. 76.
- ^ Grinsell 1970, p. 38.
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