Fernworthy

Ordnance Survey map reference: SX 655841.

Landranger map number: 191.

Latitude: 50.38 degrees.

Longitude: -3.54 degrees.

Architecture: Stones graded in height, stone rows..

Length of the major axis: 18.3 metres.

Length of the minor axis: 18.3 metres.

Height of the highest stone: 1.2 metres.

Shape: Circle.

Number of stones in the circle originally: .

Number of stones in the circle now: 27.

Impression of the site (10 amazing, 1 limp): 8

Burl rating of the circle: 1 (Good, worth visiting).

Thom reference for the circle: -.

Astronomical alignments from this circle: -.

Excavations undertaken at this circle: 1897.

Details of any finds at this circle: Charcoal.

This circle is not in state care.

Access to the circle:

At the end of the Fernworthy forest road there is a track that leads from a parking area up a slope and into the forest. The Fernworthy stone circle lies about 500m along this track and on the right hand side in a large clearing in the trees.

This is a very neat ring of 27 stones that are clearly graded in height towards the south arc of the ring. One stone, which is slightly larger than the rest, stands at the south and is 1.2m high. A few stones stretch south from the circle to the nearby forest track and these are the remains of a stone row, the tallest of these stands at 0.55m high.Fernworthy's light coloured stones stand prominent in the clearing in the trees, it is a pleasing circle to visit and in very good condition.

Fernworthy in it's woodland glade.

The tallest stone, seen here, is at the south. The stones are clearly graded in height.