Winterbourne Bassett Stone Circle

Knowledge of Winterbourne Bassett Stone Circle derives almost entirely from antiquarian sources [1]. Stukeley recorded two concentric sarsen rings, with an outlying stone to the west of these [1]. Smith's plan, produced in the 1880s, proposed a diameter of c.71m for the outer circle and 45m for the inner circle [1]. The archaeologists Joshua Pollard and Andrew Reynolds stated that there was a "real need" for archaeologists to establish whether Winterbourne Bassett Stone Circle really was a human-built structure or whether it had been a scatter of natural stones mistaken for the former [1]. A geophysical survey in 1998 confirmed at least seven of the stones at the places indicated by Smith, although the results were described as being "very ambiguous" [1].