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208:. Tisbury, Wiltshire: Tisbury Books.
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690:Ringmoor stone row and cairn circle
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420:Wiltshire Victoria County History
68:Nothing of the monument remains.
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1087:Easter Aquhorthies stone circle
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1033:Blakey Topping standing stones
822:Tisbury Stone Circle and Henge
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989:Long Meg and Her Daughters
759:Stanton Drew stone circles
612:Craddock Moor stone circle
553:Carrigaphooca Stone Circle
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912:Hordron Edge stone circle
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573:Templebryan Stone Circle
543:Breeny More Stone Circle
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974:Grey Croft stone circle
964:Castlerigg stone circle
705:Yellowmead stone circle
680:Brisworthy stone circle
368:Hutton, Ronald (2013).
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994:Oddendale stone circle
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969:Gamelands stone circle
959:Burnmoor stone circles
797:Fir Clump Stone Circle
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782:Clatford Stone Circle
652:Nine Stones, Altarnun
632:Goodaver stone circle
558:Drombeg stone circle
538:Ardgroom Stone Circle
502:Ballynoe Stone Circle
443:The Megalithic Portal
326:Burl, Aubrey (2000).
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754:Porlock Stone Circle
657:Stannon stone circle
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802:Hodson Stone Circle
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617:Duloe stone circle
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