The King's Men stone circle by munki-boy
The Kings Men
The King’s Men is a fine stone circle broadly dating to 2670 bc to 1975 bc. The circle, on a hilltop setting, is nearly perfectly round, with a diameter of 33 m. In 1882 the circle was restored and new stones replaced missing ones. Of the seventy-three stones present today at least one-third were repositioned. Rollright has been seen as some kind of prehistoric astronomical observatory. However, there are very few meaningful alignments represented, a view of the midsummer sunset being the only one that stands out as potentially significant.
The Whispering Knights is part of The Rollright Stones complex.
The Kings Men is in Cotswolds AONB, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Created: 27 November 2016 Edited: 29 November 2023
The Kings Men
The Kings Men LiDAR Map
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Local History around The Kings Men
There are some historic monuments around including:
Neolithic long barrow 400m SSE of Burnt HillShrunken medieval village NW of Churchill old churchIron Age enclosed settlement and part of a trackway 150m north east of the King StoneChipping Norton motte and bailey castle, and fishpondLong barrow on Adlestrop HillLowland Barn Romano-British farmstead 200m north west of Bury HillBesbury Lane bowl barrow, 450m north east of Conduit FarmHawk Stone standing stone 700m south of Claridges BarnPortal dolmen 400m south east of Burnt HillChastleton Barrow camp: a hillfort south of Barrow HouseMoated siteSquire's Clump Anglo-Saxon burial mound 500m south west of Iron BuildingsThe Rollright StonesMoated site 300m east of Stourton Methodist ChapelMoated site, 230m west of St Michael's ChurchOver Norton bowl barrow 150m north west of the intersection between the A361 and the A34(T)The Mount bell barrow 110m south west of Mount FarmGreat house site, garden earthworks and associated remains immediately north, west and south of St Mary's ChurchMoated site at Manor Farm.
