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Seven Stones of Hordon
The Seven Stones of Hordon, also known as Hordon Stone Circle, is a prehistoric megalithic monument. It is located on Hordron Edge Moor, in the Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, England.

Physical Description
The circle actually consists of nine standing millstone grit stones and one recumbent stone, in a ring about 16m in diameter. In actual fact, counting all the smaller stones on site, there are twenty-three in total. However archaeological evidence has revealed that originally there may have been between sixteen and twenty stones. Unlike most of the other circles in the Peak District, Hordron Edge is a free-standing circle having no embankment. However, all the stones are typically Derbyshire in style, all being less than a metre in height. Again the largest stone stands to the south-west, but here it is only marginally taller than the others. Most of the stones show signs of weathering.

The Seven Stones of Hordron also witnessed tampering by ‘persons unknown’ in the early 1990s. In 1992 one of the stones, which had previously been buried was re-erected.

Archaeological Evidence and Alignments
The tallest stone (known as the Fairy Stone) could provide an intriguing insight into the Bronze Age builders world view. The top of the stone bears a curious similarity in shape and angle to two distant hills also to the southwest - Win Hill two miles away and Lose Hill, four miles away. This apparent mirroring of distant landscape features by a prominent circle stone is also seen at Wet Withens a few miles to the south where the hill mirrored is Higger Tor (over which the midsummer sun is seen to rise). Author John Barnatt who has studied the sites of the Peak District in great detail notes that at certain times of the year the setting sun can be seen to 'roll' down the slopes of Win Hill, these times being close to the pagan festivals of Samhain and Imbolc and the traditional start of winter and spring respectively.

Location and Directions
The monument is located at Map Ref: SK2152286850 on the Landranger Map Number 110. The GPS co-ordinates are: Latitude: 53.378069N Longitude: 1.677944W. The circle lies on open moorland on peak District National Park Access. However, access may be restricted at certain times of the year, notably for grouse shooting. The shortest acess is from the A57 Sheffield to Glossop Road, from one of two parking areas either side of Cutthroat Bridge.