Mitchell's Fold, a bronze age stone circle in Shropshire, England. Also known as Medgel's Fold or Madges Pinfold.

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Mitchell's Fold (sometimes called Medgel's Fold or Madges Pinfold) is a Bronze Age stone circle in South-West Shropshire, located near the small village of White Grit on dry heathland at the south-west end of Stapeley Hill in the civil parish of Chirbury with Brompton, at a height of 1083 ft (330m) It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument (number 107448) in the guardianship of English Heritage. As with most sites of this type, its true history is unknown. The name of the circle may derive from 'micel' or 'mycel', Old English for 'big', referring to the size of this large circle. Its doleritic stones came from nearby Stapeley Hill. Many of them are now missing and others are fallen. One example is that “This circle was the site of vandalism by a local farmer in the summer of 1995 when several stones were uprooted by a mechanical digger. The stones were promptly righted and "planted" again and the culprit punished.

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Size: 5760px × 3840px
Location: Shropshire, England.
Photo credit: © Rob Carter / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: age, archaeology, bronze, circle, england, fold, history, madges, medgels, mitchell, pinfold, shropshire, stone