Stanton Drew Stone Circles
Hypothesis: "The Stone Circles at Stanton Drew were built purely for
religious reasons"
Question 1:What can you learn from your site investigation about the
Stone Circles at Stanton Drew?
The stone circles at Stanton Drew have plagued the minds of historians
and archeologists for centuries, and also produced wild fairy tales of
the upmost imagination. However what I am going to try and establish
is weather "The Stone Circles at Stanton Drew were built purely for
religious reasons", or if they were built for another reason, and in
that case what and how have I come to that conclusion.
To try and conclude on this topic I am going to rely on primary data
which I will collect from the site and also secondary sources which
have been provided. I visited the Stanton Drew area on the 11th
October 2001.
Stanton Drew is located in the south west of England. It is south of
Bristol and is adjacent to the B 3130. This established village houses
approximately 1000 residents, and has a church, one pub, a phone box,
a village hall and a post box. The roads through Stanton Drew are
fairly narrow. This tells me that the settlement here is established,
as well as the christianic religion.
The Chew River, originating from the mendips, running through the
valley gives an adequate water supply around the years and the
addition of Chew Valley lake (resevoir) also helps provide water for
Bristol and the surrounding area.
The stone circles are located in the north east part of the village,
near to chew river and opposite the B3130.
From this information above I can establish that the Chew Valley area
is...
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...nted exactly, this was stated by John Wood in his description of
Bath (1749). He is quoted as saying that whenever people tried to
count the stones there were "struck dead upon the spot, or with such
an illness as soon carried them off." This legend
Evaluation of sources I have used in question three are as follow…
In conclusion
Question 4: Using all the evidence available, explain whether you
agree or disagree with the hypothesis?
I am unsure about disagreeing or agreeing because there is no way of
knowing for certain
The site could have been purley a religious site because The site
could have been used as For example eAt other Neolithic sites In
conclusion However we will never fully know the extent of the
Neolithic peoples beiliefs and their life style religion shall stay an
enigma forever.
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