# Yellowmead stone circle

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Bronze Age stone circle in Devon, England

Yellowmead stone circle Location of Yellowmead stone circle in Devon 50°29′35″N 4°00′38″W / 50.492939°N 4.010564°W / 50.492939; -4.010564 Type Stone circle Periods Bronze Age Location Sheepstor grid reference SX57486783 Site notes Public access Yes

**Yellowmead stone circle** near [Sheepstor](/source/Sheepstor) in [Devon](/source/Devon), England, is a [Bronze Age](/source/Bronze_Age) [concentric stone circle](/source/Concentric_stone_circle) consisting of four rings of stones set within one another. The largest is 20 metres wide and the smallest, 6 metres. It is located on Yellowmead Down.

The circles once encircled a burial [cairn](/source/Cairn) although this is now barely visible. To the south west, several possible [stone rows](/source/Stone_row) lead away, crossed by a post-medieval [leat](/source/Leat) that once served a nearby [tinworks](/source/Dartmoor_tin-mining).

The site was excavated and restored by Rev. H Breton in 1921. In 2008 geophysical surveys and a small excavation were carried out to determine whether the restoration of 1921 had been performed accurately (it had), and to discover whether additional features remain buried in the peat. Fallen stones were found in line with some of the stone rows, suggesting that further features may lie downslope below the leat.[1]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Armstrong2009_1-0)** Armstrong, Kayt (Spring 2009). "Yellowmead Stone Circles, Sheepstor". *Dartmoor Magazine* (94). Okehampton: Edgemoor Publishing Ltd: 35–36.

## External links

- Sandles, Tim. ["Dartmoor's Yellowmead Stone Circle"](http://www.legendarydartmoor.co.uk/yell_mead.htm). Legendary Dartmoor. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20101125103546/http://legendarydartmoor.co.uk/yell_mead.htm) from the original on 25 November 2010. Retrieved 28 April 2009.

- [Pictures from megalithic.co.uk](http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=1371) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20031214163803/http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=1371) 14 December 2003 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

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