Rollright Stones
Neolithic - Stone Circle, Standing Stone, Dolmen (Portal Tomb)
The Rollright Stones is the name given to a group of three different types of Neolithic megalithic monument. Folklore says the stones are the petrified remains of a king and his knights, but they are not the same age. The oldest is a 5,000 year old burial chamber (the Whispering Knights' dolmen), a late Neolithic stone circle (The King's Men), and a single standing stone (The King Stone).
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Location: England - South East - Oxfordshire - Little Rollright
Located on a country lane in the Oxfordshire Cotswolds. North of Chipping Norton, west off the A3400 in the direction of Little Rollright. Entrance at the Kings Men stone circle. The King Stone on other side of lane; Whispering Knights east of stone circle, on same side of lane, down a short path.
Onsite Facilities: open year round, photography permitted, self guiding allowed
Notes: Open sunrise to sunset. £1 adults, 50p children.
Official Website: Rollright Stones
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Nearby Sites
Sites up to 50 km away as the crow flies. Click to see Nearby Sites on a Google Map.
- Hailes Abbey 25 km / 15 miles
- Belas Knap Long Barrow 28 km / 17 miles
- Chedworth Roman Villa 30 km / 19 miles
- Pitt Rivers Museum 32 km / 20 miles
- Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology 32 km / 20 miles
- Corinium Museum 40 km / 25 miles
- Great Witcombe Roman Villa 43 km / 27 miles
- Uffington White Horse 44 km / 28 miles
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England: An Archaeological Guide to Sites from earliest Times to AD 1600
by Timothy Darvill, Jane Timby and Paul Stamper(Oxford Archaeological Guides) (Amazon.com)
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England: An Archaeological Guide to Sites from earliest Times to AD 1600
by Timothy Darvill, Jane Timby and Paul Stamper(Oxford Archaeological Guides) (Amazon.co.uk)
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Visiting the Past
A Guide to Finding and Understanding Britain's Archaeology (Amazon.co.uk)
