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The Twin Landscape Circles of the Marlborough Downs |
Introduction
This article presents more detailed information on the location of the twin circles on the Marlborough Downs starting first with the eastern circle which is shown below. .
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Fig. 1 The eastern circle on the Marlborough Downs |
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OS grid ref |
Distance from centre in metres |
Variance from circumference |
Type of site and remarks |
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1938 7248 |
- |
9588 |
- |
Avebury henge |
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- |
not included because of size |
henge and circle |
Winterbourne Monkton |
0978 7198 |
9613 |
+25m |
church |
Berwick Bassett |
0985 7354 |
9588 |
0m |
church |
Winterbourne Bassett |
1013 7490 |
9561 |
-27m |
church |
Broad Hinton |
1052 7633 |
9660 |
+72m |
church
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Wroughton |
1376 8025 |
9589 |
+1m |
church |
Ridgeway crossroads |
2310 8130 |
9572 |
-16m |
crossroads |
Hinton Downs |
2531 8003 |
9600 |
+12m |
round barrow |
Savernake Forest |
2520 6490 |
9557 |
-31m |
church |
Wootton Rivers |
1969 6295 |
9535 |
-53m |
church |
Giant's Grave |
1670 6328 |
9582 |
-6m |
hillfort |
Huish Hill |
1433 6430 |
9613 |
+25m |
earthworks |
East Kennett |
1163 6685 |
9579 |
-9m |
long barrow |
East Kennett |
1127 6733 |
9607 |
+19m |
round barrow |
Waden Hill |
1036 6925 |
9580 |
-8m |
round barrow |
Mean of measured radii from postulated centre
Variance (N weighting)
Standard deviation (N-1 Weighting)
Error on Mean ( Standard deviation) |
9588 metres
841
30.22
8.07 metres |
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Fig 2 . The western circle on the Marlborough Downs |
Site |
OS grid ref. |
Distance from centre in metres |
Variance from circumference |
Type of site and remarks |
Centre of circle |
1220 6868 |
- |
9570 |
- |
Bishops Cannings |
0376 6418 |
9565 |
-5m |
church |
Calstone Wellington |
0271 6816 |
9504 |
-66m |
church |
Compton Bassett |
0309 7160 |
9567 |
-3m |
church |
Townsend's Knoll |
1013 7490 |
9641 |
+71 m |
earthwork |
Bupton |
0629 7615 |
9525 |
-45m |
round barrow |
Bupton |
0632 7624 |
9577 |
+7m |
round barrow |
Clyffe Pypard |
0680 7662 |
9602 |
+32m |
tumulus |
Clyffe Pypard |
0746 7698 |
9558 |
- 12m |
church |
Ogbourne St George |
1956 7469 |
9502 |
- 68m |
church |
Savernake Forest |
2180 6818 |
9613 |
+43m |
earthwork |
Savernake Forest |
2155 6624 |
9663 |
+93m |
round barrow |
Savernake Forest |
2144 6591 |
9646 |
+76m |
round barrow |
Pewsey |
1638 6012 |
9526 |
-44m |
church |
Manningford Bohune |
1235 5919 |
9491 |
-79m |
church |
Mean of measured radii from postulated centre
Variance (N Weighting)
Standard deviation (N-1 Weighting)
Error on Mean ( Standard deviation)
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9570 metres
3216
56.71
7.53 metres
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Note: Church sites were orginally measured from the centres of the churches from 1:1250 scale maps

Useful Links
follow on articles giving more details of other landscape
patterns.
Twin circles of the
Marlborough Downs explores sacred patterns of Wiltshire
Marlborough Downs
Sites a tour of the sites that make up the twin circle pattern
The Cotswold Circle an
article on a similar sized circle that over-lights the Cotswold area
The Hidden Geometry of
Avebury a look at the hidden geometry of Avebury
Silbury Hill and the Sanctuary an article on
significance of Silbury Hill and the Sanctuary
The Keys to
the Temple information on the book The Keys to the Temple by David Furlong
For further information please write to:
David Furlong Myrtles, Como Road, Malvern Worcs WR14 2TH
Tel: +44 (0)1684-569105 or Mobile: + 44 (0)777-978-9047
Email:
David Furlong |
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The book The Keys To The Temple from which the article is taken. Click the image for further details.

Click to enlarge
The four church sites of:
Winterbourne Monkton, Berwick Bassett, Winterbourne Bassett and Broad Hinton that led to the discovery of the landscape circles. Click to enlarge

Avebury from the air. One of the key points on the Eastern Circle.

Part of the Avebury Henge

The Giant's Grave: one of the points on the circumference of the Eastern Circle.

The East Kennett long barrow. A key point on the Eastern Circle.

Bishops Cannings Church. One of the key points on the Western Circle
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