Well, this is what that 2km walk was for. The five-stone stone circle leaves a lot to be desired, so I'll get the description of that out of the way first. The axial stone and one of the side-stones are embedded in a field wall, the other side stone is missing and the two entrance stones stand in the field. A thorn tree is growing next to one of these and almost obscures is completely.
The site is on a gentle east facing slope below a very rocky hillside. A small stream runs down the hill a few yards from the circle.
What is really impressive about this monument is the stone row that seems to stride down the hill 3m from the circle. This has four huge stones, all over 3m tall, set just over 1.5m apart. One of them is in the field wall mentioned above, one in the same field as the circle and the other two are in the scrub land on the other side of the wall to the west.
I had to settle for taking B&W photos and color 120 slides, one of which I had a print made up from so that I could put a colour photo on here of it. This is definitely the most expensive image on megalithomania, but it was worth it!
These stones really do make an impression upon you: a very humbling one. Their scale and proportions are magnificent. This is a great site.
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