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Hoar Stone Circle
Hob Uid: 107454
Location : Shropshire Chirbury with Brompton
Grid Ref : SO3241099900
Summary : Bronze Age stone circle comprising 37 stones (formerly 38) and one central stone. Two mounds of uncertain date to the north. The upstanding remains of this Bronze Age stone circle were mapped from aerial photographs.
More information : (SO 32419990) Stone Circle (NR).(1) Hoar Stone or Marsh Pool Circle, a stone circle surveyed in Sept 1924. Plan.(2) A circle of 38 stones of dolerite, 22.0m in diameter, with a larger stone at the centre, arranged as shown on the plan by Authy 2; see photographs. The site lies upon a gentle SE slope of reedy, damp rough pasture, not far from the N end of a former glacial lake, of which the Marsh Pool is a remnant. Resurveyed at 1:2500. (Not possible to depict all stones at this scale).(3) SO 324 999: The Hoar Stone Circle (Black Marsh) and two mounds to the North. Scheduled: Salop No.14.(4)(8) The stone circle is half-hidden in marshy undergrowth. It is 65' in diameter, and consists of 37 upright stones and a single stone at the centre.(5) Brief descriptions of the site.(6-7) The upstanding remains of the Bronze Age stone circle described by the previous authorities were seen centred at SO 3240 9991 and mapped from aerial photographs. The site was mapped at 1:10,000 scale as part of the RCHME: Marches Uplands Mapping Project. (9)

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Source details : OS 6" 1964
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Source details : Trans Salop Archaeol Soc 43 1925-6 247-53 plan (LF Chitty)
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Source details : F1 ASP 03-DEC-73
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Source details : Eng Heritage SAMs Salop 31-Dec-87 16
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Source details : Archaeol J 138 1981 22-3. (Tyler A)
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Source details : Brit Archaeol Reps 81 1980 26-7. (Thom A & AS, and Burl A)
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Source details : Marsden B 1970 Discovering Regional Archaeology: Central England 52.
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Source details : English Heritage SAM List Salop March 1994 16
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Source details : NMR SO 3299/1-2 03-JAN-1987
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Bronze Age
Display Date : Bronze Age
Monument End Date : -700
Monument Start Date : -2600
Monument Type : Stone Circle
Evidence : Structure

Monument Period Name : Uncertain
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Monument Type : Mound
Evidence : Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : Salop 14
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External Cross Reference Source : MORPH2
External Cross Reference Number : MU.321.6
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SO 39 NW 4
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Relationship type : General association

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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1973-12-03
End Date : 1973-12-03

Associated Activities :
Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 1993-01-01
End Date : 1994-12-31

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Hoar Stone Circle