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Winterbourne Bassett Stone Circle

Neolithic stone circle in Wiltshire, England

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Winterbourne Bassett Stone Circle is the remains of a stone circle near the village of Winterbourne Bassett in Wiltshire, South West England. Investigations in the 18th and 19th centuries found evidence of an outer and inner ring, and a single central stone; today six stones are visible although none remain upright.

Paleolithic
Mesolithic
Neolithic
Chalcolithic
Bronze Age
Iron Age
Classical Period
Post-Classical Period
Early Modern Period
Industrial Period
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Reverend Smith investigations

1881–1882

Scheduled monument designation

1924

Geophysical survey

1998

Stone circle construction

3300–900 BCE

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Burial and Funerary Structures

Long barrow
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Religious and Ritual Structures

Stone circle
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Environmental and Natural Features

Artificial Mounds
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United Kingdom

Coordinates

51.48° N, -1.87° E