View NE of Tregeseal East Bronze Age stone circle, Cornwall, England, UK, on the edge of open moorland below Carn Kenidjack outcrop. Partly restored.
View NE of Tregeseal East stone circle, Cornwall, England, UK, on the edge of open moorland below Carn Kenidjack outcrop. A 'flattened circle' some 22m (72ft) across reduced to 21m (69ft) at the N end. The circle was disturbed by quarrying in the mid 1800s & several stones were re-erected in 1932. There were probably 19 stones originally, a popular number in Cornish stone circles. Tregeseal West circle was wrecked by 1905 & cleared for ploughing in 1961. Cropmarks suggest there may have been another ring making an E-W alignment of three circles. The circle's alternative names suggest the stones are young women punished for dancing on the Sabbath.
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Location: Tregeseal East Stone Circle, Botallack, West Penwith, Cornwall, England, UK
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
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