 Scorhill Stone Circle | |
  Shown within Devon | |
| Location | Devon grid reference SX65378745 |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 50°40′14″N 3°54′20″W / 50.670583°N 3.905422°W |
| Type | Stone circle |
| History | |
| Periods | Bronze Age |
Scorhill (pronounced Scorill) Stone Circle is now the common name for Gidleigh Stone Circle[1] or Steep Hill Stone Circle, one of Devon's biggest and most intact stone circles, situated on Gidleigh Common near the village of Gidleigh in the north east of Dartmoor, in the United Kingdom. It is an English Heritage scheduled monument and has been described as Devon's finest stone circle.[2]
- ^ Rowe, Samuel., Investigations in Dartmoor, Transactions of the Plymouth institution (Plymouth Institution and Devon and Cornwall Natural History Society, Plymouth) 1830
- ^ Rowe, Samuel., A Perambulation of the Ancient and Royal Forest of Dartmoor; 3rd edition revised by J Brooking Rowe, p.90, Exeter, 1896.