Falkner's Circle

Falkner's Circle was a stone circle near the village of Avebury in the south-western English county of Wiltshire [1]. Built from twelve sarsen megaliths, it measured about 37 metres in diameter, although only one of these stones remains standing [1]. The ring was part of a tradition of stone circle construction that spread throughout much of Britain, Ireland, and Brittany during the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age [1]. Positioned in a dry valley, the circle was erected on the southern end of a field that contained a range of natural sarsens [1]. Extensive flint knapping took place at the site during the Late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age [1]. The earliest known report of the site came from a Mr Falkner, who discovered it in 1840 while riding in the area [1]. The site was excavated in 2002 in an archaeological project led by Mark Gillings and Joshua Pollard [1]. Falkner's Circle is 750m south-east of Avebury [1].