Nunwick Park stone circle (Simonburn)
[NY 88547417] Druidical Temple (Site of). (1)
This was a stone circle set in Nunwick Park. It was some 90ft in circumference, and comprised five uprights eight feet high. Four of them were erect in 1714, but they had gone by 1825. (2)(3)
The site is on level ground at the confluence of the Proctor's Burn with the River North Tyne. There is no trace of antiquity, nor has the owner of Nunwick House (a) any further information. (4)
NY 885741 Nunwick Park stone circle. (5)
This was a stone circle set in Nunwick Park. It was some 90ft in circumference, and comprised five uprights eight feet high. Four of them were erect in 1714, but they had gone by 1825. (2)(3)
The site is on level ground at the confluence of the Proctor's Burn with the River North Tyne. There is no trace of antiquity, nor has the owner of Nunwick House (a) any further information. (4)
NY 885741 Nunwick Park stone circle. (5)
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FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1956; A S Phillips
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