Doll Tor

Doll Tor is a stone circle just west of Stanton Moor, near the village of Birchover, Derbyshire in the English East Midlands [1]. Doll Tor is part of a tradition of stone circle construction that spread throughout much of Britain, Ireland, and Brittany during the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Ages [1]. With a diameter of 7 metres, Doll Tor consists of six upright main stones arranged in a circle [1]. A stone cairn had been added to the east of the circle, perhaps in a second phase of construction [1]. Excavation has revealed that the cremated human remains of several adults and children were buried both within the circle and around the cairn [1]. These remains were often though not always placed in ceramic urns, and were sometimes deposited alongside other material such as flint tools, small pieces of bronze, and faience beads [1]. The antiquarian Thomas Bateman excavated at the site in 1852, and J. P. Heathcote conducted a second excavation between 1931 and 1933 [1].