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... ... middle of paper ... ...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
Stone Circles The site I am studying is the Stanton Drew stone circles. These are located North East of the village see figures one and two. Stanton Drew is in the South West of Britain around 6 miles south of Bristol. The stones survived from a Neolithic period carbon dated to around 4,000 years ago. The site consists of three stone circles: The Grand Circle, The North East Circle and The South East Circle which is inaccessible as it is in a private garden. There are other features including