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Brisworthy OSGR SX 56463 65490 

Comments
This is  possibly a ring cairn. Re-erected in 1909.

References
Rev. H Breton. Beautiful Dartmoor I (1911) 51-2.
W. Crossing. Guide to  Dartmoor (1912) 448.
TDA XLII (1910) 62-3; XLVIII (1916) 99-100;  LXXI (1939) 326.
R.H. Worth. Dartmoor (1953) 260.
P.  Pettit. Prehistoric Dartmoor (1974) 138, 141.​
E. Hemery. High Dartmoor (1983) 185.
J.R. Turner.  DASP 48 (1990) 80.
J. Butler. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities  III 49.18 (1994) 93, 133-4, 203; V (1997) 145-7, 151-4, Colour Plate 8.
G.A.M. Gerrard. Dartmoor (1997) 61-2. 
P. Rainbird A Guide to the Archaeology of South Devon (2010) 23-24.
Dave Parks Prehistoric  Dartmoor Walks, stone circles, & Turner.
Legendary Dartmoor
Megalithic Portal
The Modern Antiquarian
This circle featured in Dartmoor News 139 (July/August 2014) p30-31, and was mentioned in No 141 (Nov/Dec 2014), for which a correction was given in No 142 (Jan/Feb 2015).

HER/SMR number 3983  SX 56 NE/5
NMR number 438683 SX  56 NE 64

Maps of the area may be found in Butler (1994) p93, &  Gerrard (1997) p113.
Photographs of the circle may be found in Breton (1911)  p51, TDA XLVIII (1916) opp p99,
Butler V (1997) Colour Pl 8 (opp p72),  and Rainbird p23.
Plans of the circle can be found in TDA XLVIII  (1916) opp p100, Butler (1994) p134, & Gerrard (1997) p62.



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