The Stone Circle in Fernworthy Forest. looking towards the Stone Circle from the nearby Stone Row. © Copyright Chris Thomas-Atkin and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
© Copyright Guy Wareham and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
A fine Bronze Age Stone Circle of 27 granite slabs and blocks that stand in a clearing on a plateau of land within a Forestry Commission plantation about half a mile west of Fernworthy reservoir. A pair of small stones mark a southern entrance which are flanked by larger stones, the tallest being about 1.1 metres tall, with the stones decreasing in size as they curve round to the north forming a ring of about 20 metres in diameter that is slightly flattened to the east and west. The circle was excavated by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee in 1897 who reported a layer of charcoal within the circle but no other finds.
Part of a prehistoric ceremonial complex that also includes two stone alignments to the south of the circle and another to the north together with five barrows.
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