Nine Stones Close

Nine Stones Close
Location in Derbyshire
Location Derbyshire
Coordinates 53°09′38″N 1°39′52″W / 53.16056°N 1.66444°W / 53.16056; -1.66444Coordinates: 53°09′38″N 1°39′52″W / 53.16056°N 1.66444°W / 53.16056; -1.66444
Type Stone circle
History
Periods Bronze Age

Nine Stones Close (grid reference SK225626) is a stone circle near Robin Hood's Stride, between Alport and Winster in Derbyshire, England.

Description

The stone circle is in a field called "Nine-stone Close" upon Harthill Moor.[1] The circle has a diameter of about 13 metres. Only four stones survive in the circle today, and there is one standing stone to the south.[1]

In 1780 six stones were viewable in the circle, and it was thought that there were formerly nine. There were two standing stones 75 metres to the south.[1] Excavation within the circle in 1847 revealed several fragments of badly-fired pottery and flint.[1] Two of the four remaining stones were set in concrete around 1936.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Historic England. "Monument No. 311354". PastScape. Retrieved 7 November 2013.


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