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Priddy Circles
51.2725° N, -2.6608° E
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Priddy Circles are a linear arrangement of four circular earthwork enclosures near the village of Priddy on the Mendip Hills in Somerset, England. The circles have been listed as Scheduled Ancient Monuments, and described as 'probable Neolithic ritual or ceremonial monuments similar to a henge'. The southernmost Priddy Circle falls on adjoining land to a house and stables that are owned by retired businessman Roger Penny. In 2012 Penny was fined £10,000 after the earthwork was damaged by work he had permitted.
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Damage reported
June–July 2011
Borehole work
1950s
Excavations by University group
1956–1959
Geophysical survey
1995
Magnetometer survey
2006
Owner fined and restoration order
2012
Neolithic date estimate
c. 2500–2180 BC
Archaeological Features
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Burial and Funerary Structures
Religious and Ritual Structures
Environmental and Natural Features
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