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The Nine Stones: a small concentric stone circle 750m west of Winterbourne Abbas

Scheduled monument

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The National Heritage List for England records The Nine Stones: a small concentric stone circle 750m west of Winterbourne Abbas as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Dated to the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age, the Nine Stones are likely associated with ritual or ceremonial activity. Such small stone circles often had symbolic or astronomical significance, though specific folklore or use remains unrecorded.

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