Stone Circle

Stanton Drew Stone Circle

Somerset, UK

Overview

Stanton Drew generates a deep, resonant energy that visitors consistently describe as powerful yet gentle, working on a frequency that opens the heart rather than the mind. The Great Circle's immense diameter creates a vast sacred space that many find overwhelming in its scope, and the hidden pit structures beneath the surface add a subterranean dimension to the site's energetic character. Dowsers report exceptionally complex energy patterns at Stanton Drew, with spiraling currents and ley alignments converging at the stones. Many visitors describe a sense of being drawn into a slower, deeper rhythm of consciousness within the circles, as if the stones calibrate awareness to a more primal frequency of being.

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History, Archaeology & Significance

Stanton Drew Stone Circle is one of the largest and most important Neolithic stone circle complexes in Britain, located in the Chew Valley of Somerset. The site comprises three stone circles, the Great Circle being the second largest in Britain after Avebury, along with an avenue of stones and a cove structure. Dating to approximately 3000 BC, the Great Circle originally contained 26 stones within a massive earthen henge. Geophysical surveys conducted in 1997 revealed a spectacular hidden landscape beneath the surface, including a vast pattern of buried pits arranged in nine concentric rings within the Great Circle, suggesting an enormous timber monument preceded the stones. Despite its archaeological significance, Stanton Drew remains relatively little-known compared to Avebury and Stonehenge.

Rory's Field Notes

Second largest circle complex in Britain with multiple Type 4 nodes.

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