Duddo Five Stones
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Description
"Although shown as 'Duddo Four Stones' on the Ordnance Survey 1:25000 map there are in fact five uprights in this stone circle. The OS seem to have kept the descriptive 19th century name of the site but the re-erection of a fallen stone at the beginning of the 20th century means the circle is now more usually referred to as 'Duddo Five Stones'. There were in fact once seven stones in total, a large gap to the west that can be seen in the foreground of the photograph below was occupied by a pair of stones whose sockets were discovered during excavation in the 1890's, the missing stones having been removed at least 50 years before. Due to the soft sandstone chosen for the uprights the stones have become highly figured from the effects of 4000 years of Northumbrian weather...." -
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Link: http://www.stone-circles.org.uk/stone/duddo.htm
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Added by: Peter Smith
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