Rollright Stones: An ancient prehistoric site in central England
Introduction This evening, I am providing a revision of an earlier post covering this important, prehistoric site. Rollright Stones Information on the Rollright Stones This site is located in Oxfordshire, England, about 2.5 miles NNW of Chipping Norton in the Cotswolds region and about eighty miles NW of London . Video clip The circle together with two other prehistoric monuments is located close to a prehistoric trackway at the edge of a ridge which overlooks the village of Long Compton below. Landscape view of Long Compton from the King Stone Rollright is a perfect circle built of local oolitic limestone. More facts: The original circle comprised eighty pillars situated shoulder to shoulder except at the south-east where there is an entrance. May date from the Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age (3000 BC to 1800 BC). No remains or archaeology have been discovered inside the circle. The structure, including two outlying portals, creates an ...