| 词条 | Hoarstones |
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|name = Hoarstones |native_name = |alternate_name = |image = Hoarstones stone circle with Corndon Hill in the background - geograph.org.uk - 209189.jpg |alt = View of the stone circle |caption = The Hoarstones, with Corndon Hill in the background |map_type = Shropshire |map_alt = |map_size = |location = Chirbury with Brompton |region = |coordinates = {{coord|52.592778|-2.999167|display=inline,title}} |type = Stone circle |part_of = |length = |width = |area = |height = |builder = |material = |built = |abandoned = |epochs = Bronze Age |cultures = |dependency_of = |occupants = |event = |excavations = |archaeologists = |condition = |ownership = |public_access = |website = |notes = }} The Hoarstones (or Hoar Stone Circle) form a stone circle in the civil parish of Chirbury with Brompton in the English county of Shropshire. The circle comprises 38 stones, all less than a metre high.[1] DescriptionThe stone circle comprises 37 stones and one central stone, all composed of dolerite.[2] The circle has a diameter of 22 metres.[2] The site lies upon a southeast slope of marshy ground, not far from the north end of a former glacial lake, of which the Marsh Pool is a remnant.[2] There are two small mounds in the north-west of the circle that may be the remnants of barrows.[2] The circle is also known as Black Marsh, Hemford and Marsh Pool Circle.[3] There are holes drilled in some of the stones, but these date from a much later period, when local miners would use the stones during wedding celebrations by filling the holes with gunpowder and setting it off.[3] The Hoarstones may have a connection to the similar circle nearby at Mitchell's Fold, and a third circle formerly to the south known as the Whetstones.[4] References1. ^Castleden, R. Neolithic Britain: new stone age sites of England, Scotland, and Wales, Routledge, 1992, pp.163-4, {{ISBN|978-0-415-05845-2}} {{European Standing Stones}}{{UK-archaeology-stub}}{{Shropshire-struct-stub}}2. ^1 2 3 {{PastScape |num=107454 |desc=Hoar Stone Circle |access-date=4 August 2015}} 3. ^1 Burl, A. A guide to the stone circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany, Yale University Press, 2005, p.74 4. ^Burl, p.75 1 : Stone circles in Shropshire |
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