Grey Wethers

Grey Wethers consists of a pair of prehistoric stone circles, situated on grassy plateau to the north of Postbridge, Dartmoor [1]. The circles are each approximately 33 m in diameter, and less than five metres apart [1]. Their centre points are aligned almost exactly north to south [1]. The northern circle has 20 stones remaining, while the southern has 29 – all of a relatively consistent size, mostly between 1.2 and 1.4 m in height [1]. An excavation was carried out in 1898 and a number of charcoal fragments were discovered within the circles [1]. The circles were restored and many fallen stones re-erected in 1909 [1].