Location Derbyshire Periods Bronze Age | Type Stone circle Period Bronze Age | |
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Similar Robin Hood's Stride, Doll Tor, Nine Stones - Winterbo, Nine Ladies, Stanton Moor | ||
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Nine Stones Close (grid reference SK225626) is a stone circle near Robin Hood's Stride, between Alport and Winster in Derbyshire, England.
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Description
The stone circle is in a field called "Nine-stone Close" upon Harthill Moor. The circle has a diameter of about 13 metres. Only four stones survive in the circle today, and there is one standing stone to the south.
In 1780 six stones were viewable in the circle, and it was thought that there were formerly nine. There were two standing stones 75 metres to the south. Excavation within the circle in 1847 revealed several fragments of badly-fired pottery and flint. Two of the four remaining stones were set in concrete around 1936.
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