DerbyshireNeolithic · Henge and stone circle
The landscape
Circles across England
England's circles vary enormously in scale and date. Some belong to vast ceremonial complexes; others are small community monuments embedded in upland farming and burial landscapes.
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Derbyshire
WiltshireNeolithic · Henge and stone circles
Avebury
A vast henge enclosing the largest known megalithic stone circle, woven through the modern village of Avebury.
CornwallLate Neolithic to Early Bronze Age · Stone circle with central stone
Boscawen-un
An intimate West Penwith circle of nineteen stones surrounding a striking leaning pillar.
CumbriaLate Neolithic to Early Bronze Age · Stone circle
Castlerigg
An intimate circle set within a panoramic amphitheatre of Lakeland fells.
NorthumberlandNeolithic to Bronze Age · Stone circle
Duddo Five Stones
Five deeply weathered sandstone uprights crown a Northumberland knoll close to the Scottish border.
CornwallLate Neolithic to Early Bronze Age · Quartz stone circle
Duloe Stone Circle
Cornwall's smallest known stone circle is built from eight exceptionally large blocks of white quartz.
DevonLate Neolithic to Bronze Age · Pair of stone circles
Grey Wethers
Two large granite circles stand side by side in a remote ritual landscape on central Dartmoor.
CumbriaBronze Age · Stone circle with outlier
Long Meg and Her Daughters
A vast oval ring watched over by the red sandstone monolith called Long Meg.
ShropshireBronze Age · Stone circle
Mitchell's Fold
A remote moorland circle on Stapeley Hill, looking west towards the Welsh border.
DerbyshireBronze Age · Stone circle with outlier
Nine Ladies
A small, much-loved ring on Stanton Moor, accompanied by the outlying King Stone.
OxfordshireNeolithic to Bronze Age · Stone circle and related monuments
Rollright Stones
Three monuments from different periods gathered around a ridge on the Oxfordshire–Warwickshire border.
DevonBronze Age · Stone circle
Scorhill
One of Dartmoor's most dramatic circles, standing high above the North Teign valley.
SomersetLate Neolithic · Three stone circles and avenues
Stanton Drew
A major ceremonial complex whose surviving stones conceal an even larger pattern detected beneath the ground.
WiltshireNeolithic to Bronze Age · Stone circle and ceremonial complex
Stonehenge
The most famous prehistoric monument in the world, but only one part of an extraordinary ceremonial landscape.Bronze Age · Stone circle
Sunkenkirk
Also known as Swinside, a remarkably complete ring tucked beneath the fells of south-west Cumbria.
CornwallEarly Bronze Age · Three stone circles
The Hurlers
Three neighbouring circles on Bodmin Moor, aligned across an open prehistoric landscape.
CornwallLate Neolithic to Early Bronze Age · Stone circle
The Merry Maidens
Nineteen carefully spaced stones form an almost perfect ring in the farmland of West Penwith.Regions represented
Cornwall4 placesCumbria3 placesDerbyshire2 placesDevon2 placesNorthumberland1 placeOxfordshire1 placeShropshire1 placeSomerset1 placeWiltshire2 places