Greater than 9 hundred stone circles exist within the British Isles and twice that quantity could initially have been constructed. These megalithic constructions are extra precisely known as rings quite than circles as a result of they typically show non-circular elliptical shapes. It’s troublesome to exactly date the stone rings due to the shortage of datable stays related to them, however it’s recognized that they had been constructed through the Neolithic interval, which in southern England lasted from roughly 4000 to 2000 BC. Under are pictures of only a tiny collection of these, as photographed by Martin Grey of  Sacredsites.com.

Avebury Stone Circle, Wiltshire, England. Ninety miles west of London and twenty miles north of Stonehenge stands Avebury, the biggest recognized stone ring on the earth. Older than the extra well-known Stonehenge, and for a lot of guests way more spectacular, the a number of rings of Avebury are cloaked with mysteries which archaeologists have solely begun to unravel. ( Sacredsites.com)

Silbury Hill, Avebury, Wiltshire. Silbury Hill is a prehistoric website positioned close to Stonehenge and Avebury (a Neolithic henge monument) within the southwestern English county of Wiltshire. Silbury Hill has been measured to be 30 m (98.4252 ft.) tall and 160 m (524.93ft.) in width, thus making it the biggest synthetic earth mound from Europe’s prehistoric interval. This construction was constructed primarily of chalk that was excavated from the encircling space. As we speak, Silbury Hill is a part of the UNESCO World Heritage website referred to as ‘Stonehenge, Avebury and Related Websites’. ( Sacredsites.com)

Castlerigg Stone Ring, Keswick. Considered one of many oldest stone circles in Britain and possibly relationship from both the late Neolithic or early Bronze Age,  Castlerigg or ‘The Carles’ stands on a plateau of land between the River Greta to the north and Naddle Beck to the east and set inside a pure amphitheater of Lakeland hills that give it what should be one of many most interesting settings of any circle in Britain. ( Sacredsites.com)

Carwynnen Quoit, Cornwall. The Carwynnen Quoit is an historical dolmen which as soon as sat in a subject just a few miles from the city of Camborne in Cornwall, in Southwest England.  The 5,000-year-old construction collapsed in 1967 however the historical monument has been restored to its former glory. ( Sacredsites.com)

Cerne Abbas Big, Dorchester. The Cerne Big, often known as the ‘Impolite Man’, is likely one of the best-known hill figures within the UK. It’s positioned near the village of Cerne Abbas, within the southwestern English county of Dorset, therefore its title. ( Sacredsites.com)

Cheesewring with scholar and writer Paul Broadhurst, Cornwall. The Cheesewring is a granite tor in Cornwall, located on the japanese flank of Bodmin Moor on Stowe’s Hill. It’s a pure geological formation, a rock outcrop of granite slabs shaped by weathering. The title derives from the resemblance of the piled slabs to a “cheesewring”, a press-like system that was as soon as used to make cheese. ( Sacredsites.com)

Duloe Stone Ring, Cornwall. Duloe stone circle or Duloe circle is a stone circle close to the village of Duloe, positioned 5 miles (8.0 km) from Looe in southeast Cornwall, England. ( Sacredsites.com)

Lanyon Quoit, Cornwall. Lanyon Quoit is a dolmen in Cornwall, England, 2 miles southeast of Morvah. It collapsed in a storm in 1815 and was re-erected 9 years later, and because of this the dolmen is now very totally different from its unique look. ( Sacredsites.com)

Trethevy Quoit, Cornwall. This can be a well-preserved megalithic construction between St Cleer and Darite in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It’s recognized regionally as “the enormous’s home”. ( Sacredsites.com)

Boscawen Un Stone Ring, Cornwall. ( Sacredsites.com)

Fernworthy Stone Ring, Devon ( Sacredsites.com)

Hurlers Stone Ring, Cornwall. Three positive late Neolithic or early Bronze Age stone circles organized in a line, a grouping distinctive in England. Hurlers Stone Circles are most likely the very best examples of ceremonial circles within the southwest. In accordance with legend, they’re the stays of males petrified for enjoying hurling on a Sunday.  ( Sacredsites.com)

Lengthy Meg and Her Daughters, Little Salkeld ( Sacredsites.com)

Rollright Stone Ring, Oxfordshire. The Rollright Stones is an historical website positioned on the Oxfordshire & Warwickshire border in England. The advanced consists of three important components, The King’s Males stone circle, the King Stone, and the Whispering Knights. ( Sacredsites.com)

The Whispering Knights, Rollright Stone Ring, Oxfordshire. 4 hundred meters east of Rollright Stone Ring, and possibly predating it by over 1000 years, the Whispering Knights is a ‘portal dolmen’ burial chamber that consists of 4 upright stones and a big fallen capstone. ( Sacredsites.com)

Swinside Stone Ring, Lake District ( Sacredsites.com)

The Rudstone monolith and church. The Rudston Monolith at over 25 ft (7.6 m) is the tallest megalith within the United Kingdom. ( Sacredsites.com)

Stonehenge Summer season Solstice 2022 ( Sacredsites.com)

Prime picture: Males an Tol small formation of standing stones in Cornwall, UK. Supply:  Sacredsites.com

By Gary Manners