Fernworthy, The Sacred Circle 1907
Photo ref:
58486
Photo ref:
58486
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It is probable, given the number of stone circles found on Dartmoor, that a family or a group of families erected them for ritual worship, either to venerate the dead or for an astronomical purpose. The entire inner area of Fernworthy circle was found to have been strewn with charcoal. This could have come from pyres on which bodies were placed, or perhaps from burning autumn stubble.
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