Talk:Stanton Drew stone circles

Template:Megalith
I've created a new template for megalithic sites, Template:Megalith, as used on Pikestones and Round Loaf. Some instructions on the template talk page, to show how to use it. Cheers! --PopUpPirate 13:29, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

The Dark Is Rising
Aren't Stanton and Drew the surnames of the children in the Dark Is Rising book series? Where does the name of the circles originate from? 82.6.97.239 (talk) 19:54, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

When were the stones originally erected?
There is no mention anywhere on the page of what time period the stones actually date from. Are they 1000 years old? 2000? 3000? 4000? It gives little clue. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.114.157.100 (talk) 11:07, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Nobody knows.&mdash; Rod talk 15:42, 3 December 2011 (UTC)
 * It is neolithic, that is other henges and ancient stone circles are. I think the 1997 survey also stated explicitly it was neolithic.Aarghdvaark (talk) 02:39, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
 * The English Heritage leaflet available at the site is less certain than that: "share an affinity with [sites like Avebury but] there is little material evidence to take this interpretation further." & "Stone circles such as those here are known to date broadly to the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age (approx 3000-2000BC)". A summary of this leaflet seems to be online here and here, but I suspect these are retyping of info from the leaflet. Shame Enlish Heritage have not put the whole text online. Rwendland (talk) 13:53, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
 * The geophysics survey says "[The stone circles] proximity to each other, ... indicate that these sites are related as a single complex, and it is a fair assumption that Stanton Drew was once a place of primary significance during the later Stone Age". So I think we can quote it as neolithic (aka late stone age). Aarghdvaark (talk) 05:09, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

Alternative theories
Researcher Michael Bott has suggested that the banks surrounding the circle were created for an audience in order to watch hunting games within, with the multiple posts inside the circle serving as obstacles for the hunters and their prey - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulpQqzO2EFA — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hillbillyholiday81 (talk • contribs) 13:35, 10 March 2013


 * Self published source and fringe theory at best - and the fact it comes from an actor hardly lends it credibility. Are there other more respected sources who believe this too? --Bob Re-born (talk) 14:15, 10 March 2013 (UTC)

Indeed, I agree with you Bob, it's fringe and barely credible, but it's nice to hear something other than the usual solar/lunar alignment theories don't you think? Hillbillyholiday81 (talk) 17:20, 10 March 2013 (UTC)

What else is needed to get this article to GA quality?
What else do people think is needed to get this article to meet the Good article criteria?&mdash; Rod talk 17:24, 15 March 2014 (UTC)

"It was recorded by both John Aubrey in 1664 and William Stukeley in 1776."??
On 1776 William Stukeley was already more than 10 years dead (died 1765). אביהו (talk) 09:43, 27 July 2018 (UTC)