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probably never placed in the form of a true circle, unless ‘soil-creep’ 
is responsible for more than I should be inclined to credit it with; still 
it must be borne in mind that the ground (peat) is very boggy in wet 
seasons (even more so than at the other circles). The nearest approxi- 
mation to a segment of a true circle is on the W. side, where the stones 
are placed about 7 feet apart. Out of the seventy-one stones ! shown in my 
plan thirty-nine are standing (including stumps), the remainder being 
prostrate or partly sunk into the peat, whilst others could only be indi- 
cated on the plan after probing and digging. 
All the stones are of granite. The highest standing stone is No. VI, 
which leans slightly and is surrounded by. a depression ‘about 1 foot deep ; 
its height above the level of the moor is 4:4 feet. Stone XIV comes 
next with a height of 3°7 feet, while Stone X XXII is 3-4 feet high. Of 
the prostrate stones No. LXIV is by far the longest, length 6-9 feet ; 
and No. XIV is by far the widest stone—width 4°2 feet. Nos. XXXII, 
XXXIV, and LXVI are also comparatively large stones. Early pros- 
tration of several of the standing stones is to be feared, both here and at 
the Stannon Circle, as many of them lean considerably, and some are 
deeply trenched round by the feet of cattle. 
A mediate circle has been delineated on the plan, which gives an 
approximate diameter of 149 feet for the ring. Mr. G. F. Tregelles 
records the diameter as about 146 feet, but the circle described on his 
plan shows the ring to be of the same Senter as that on my plan. 
3. Outlying Stone.—Both Mr. A. L, Lewis and Mr. Tregelles have 
stated that an outlying stone is situated about 160 feet eastward from 
the circle directly in line with the highest peak of Brown Willy. Now 
these observations should be taken from the centre of the circle, and I 
tind that the outlying stone is about 14° to the N. of a line drawn from 
the circle’s centre to the highest point of Brown Willy.? This small 
stone is 231 feet from the centre of the circle, and 1544 feet from the 
middle of the eastern stone No, XIV. 
IT. The Stannon Stone Circle. 
l. The Position of the Circle-—Stannon Circle is the most north- 
westerly of the group of five circles on Bodmin Moors, and is in the 
parish of St. Breward. Like the Stripple Stones and the Fernacre 
Circle it is the property of Sir William Onslow, Ee This circle is only 
13 furlong to the 8.S.W. of Stannon Farm, and 2} miles to the N.K. of 
St. Breward ; from Camelford it is 24 miles in a bee line in a §.E. direc- 
tion. To the S.8.W. of the circle there is a tumulus on Dinnever Hill, 
and hut-circles abound on the E.N.E, E., and E.S.E. Alex Tor is 
situated 7} furlongs to the S.W., and Rough Tor towers over the N. 
extremity a Louden Hill at a distance of 12 24 furlongs in an E.N.E. 
direction. On the E. the peaks of Brown Willy, over the 8. slope of 
Louden Hill, stand out conspicuously against the sky-line. The circle is 
about 835 feet above mean sea-level. A small tributary of the River 
Camel rises a little to the east of the circle. 
1 Mr. Lukis in 1879 said that the circle consisted of ten fallen and forty-five erect 
stones. He stated also that the diameter of the circle was 140 feet, but his plan 
shows it to be about 147 feet. 
* The summit of Brown Willy is about 22° N. of E., viewed from the centre of 
the Fernacre Circle. 
