MONUMENTS PROTECTION PROGRAMME

MONUMENT CLASS DESCRIPTION

LARGE IRREGULAR STONE CIRCLES

FEBRUARY 1990

1 Definition 2 Date 3 General Description 4 Distribution and regional variation
5 Rarity 6 Survival and Potential 7 Associations 8 Characterisation criteria
12 Bibliography 13 Acknowledgements 14 Figures

LARGE IRREGULAR STONE CIRCLES

Alternative, colloquial and related terms: Circle henge; Egg-shaped circle; Ellipse circle; Embanked circle; Entrance circle; Flattened circle; Freestanding stone circle; Great circle; Megalithic circle; Open circle; Plain circle; Stone circle; Western irregular stone circle

Ordnance Survey map term: Stone circle

RCHME Thesaurus Monument Type : Stone Circle.