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These Bronze-Age monolithic circles are third in importance only to Stone-Henge and Avebury. They are one of the most historic archaeological finds in the Cotswolds, they are said to pre-date 2000BC, and the site is considered sacred.
Most people connect these stones to the Druids, but a more likely fact is that they were used in the Bronze-Age for funerary purposes. These magnificent stones range in size, some reaching a height of over 7 feet. The main circle is quite vast, measuring around 100 feet across.
There is a circle popularly called "The King's Men" another group is known as "The Whispering Knights" and then there is the King's Stone. These monuments are all within a few hundred yards of each other and are constructed of local Cotswold limestone.
The site is somewhat eyrie, and yet at the same time it is uplifting, perhaps this is largely due to the historic nature of the place, coupled with the fact that Bronze-Age people had strong beliefs about the after-life.
The Rollright Stones can be found on the Oxfordshire-Warwickshire borders, near to the village of Great Rollright, with grey stone cottages set at undulating windswept heights, and the unspoilt hamlet of Little Rollright, at the edge of the Cotswolds.
a Picturesque Village in the county of Warwickshire
(1.7 miles, 2.7 km, direction NW)Long Compton is a small picturesque village in southern Warwickshire close with the border of Oxfordshire and on the edge of the Cotswolds, just 5 miles north of the wonderful.....
a Historic Market Town in the county of Oxfordshire
(2.2 miles, 3.5 km, direction SE)Chipping Norton lies in the midst of beautiful cotswold countryside and is surrounded by other villages that radiate the glory of traditional honey-coloured cotswold stone Manor Houses and magnificent Churches...
a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire
(4.0 miles, 6.4 km, direction S)The charming hill village of Churchill is to be found a short distance south west of Chipping Norton, it lies amidst what is mostly agricultural lands. It is of interest as.....
a Picturesque Village in the county of Oxfordshire
(4.8 miles, 7.7 km, direction SW)Kingham is a pleasant Cotswolds village in the heart of the Evenlode valley which, in 2004, a Country Life panel judged to be "England's Favourite Village". Not only that but,.....
a Historic Market Town in the county of Gloucestershire
(7.2 miles, 11.7 km, direction SW)"Stow on the Wold, where the wind blows cold"..
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One of England's finest Jacobean manor houses, occupied by the same family from its construction in 1607 until 1991 when it.....
This beautiful church was built somewhere between the 11th and 15th century. The tower is 88ft high and was completed in 1447. It.....
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Bourton on the Water has a replica of itself built in traditional local cotswold stone. The Model Village is built to one-ninth.....
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