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Stukeley 300: A Celebration of Stanton Drew

Posted on July 3, 2023 by Landscape and Monumentality

The weekend of 22-23 July 2023 is the 300th anniversary of the first and only visit of the celebrated antiquarian William Stukeley to the Somerset stone circles at Stanton Drew, one of the major stone circles in England, after Stonehenge … Continue reading →

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Hautville’s Quoit

Posted on July 31, 2019 by Landscape and Monumentality

Beyond the river Chew, some 350 metres from the stone circles of Stanton Drew, lies the solitary stone known as Hautvilles Quoit. Situated on the northern edge of a field bordering the B3130 Chew Magna-Pensford road in Somerset, part of … Continue reading →

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The Cove at Stanton Drew

Posted on July 25, 2019 by Landscape and Monumentality

It is said that the stone circles at Stanton Drew are a petrified wedding party who danced on into the Sabbath due to being entranced by the Devil’s fiddle playing. A set of three ancient standing stones known as the … Continue reading →

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