First Dartmoor stone circle discovered in more than a century

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HONG KONG: THE first Dartmoor stone circle to be discovered in more than a century was revealed after controlled burning by commoners.
Excited archeologists say the ancient stone ring is at least 4,000 years old. It is the highest in Southern England and the second largest stone circle on Dartmoor.
The Sittaford circle of more than 30 stones is 34 metres (111 feet) in diameter and at 525 metres (1,722 ft) on the northern part of the moor near Sittaford Tor, the circle would have been “very impressive” and dominated the surrounding landscape, the researchers say.
The circle was discovered in 2007 by independent academic researcher Alan Endacott after undergrowth was destroyed in a controlled burn by commoners (a practice known as ‘swaling’), exposing the stones.
The site is now being investigated thanks to a Heritage Lottery Funded scheme, Moor Than Meets The Eye. The information released so far comes from preliminary geophysical investigations.