Porlock Stone Circle, Exmoor National Park

Name: Porlock Stone Circle
Address: Exmoor National Park, United Kingdom

#28 among attractions in Exmoor National Park

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Porlock Stone Circle, Exmoor National Park

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Porlock Stone Circle is a stone circle located on Exmoor, near the village of Porlock in the south-western English county of Somerset. The Porlock ring is part of a tradition of stone circle construction that spread throughout much of Britain, Ireland, and Brittany during the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age, over a period between 3300 and 900 BCE. The purpose of such monuments is unknown, although archaeologists speculate that the stones represented supernatural entities for the circles' builders. ()

Coordinates: 51°11'22"N, 3°39'14"W

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Exmoor National Park United Kingdom

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Porlock Stone Circle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Coleridge Way, Dunkery Hill, Culbone Church, Church of St Dubricius.

3.5 miNE
Hiking, Hiking trail
Coleridge Way, Porlock
90 min walk • The Coleridge Way is a 51-mile footpath in Somerset and Devon, England. It was opened in April 2005, and the route links several sites associated with the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge starting from Coleridge Cottage at Nether Stowey.
3.4 miSE
Archaeological site
Dunkery Hill, Porlock
88 min walk • Dunkery Beacon at the summit of Dunkery Hill is the highest point on Exmoor and in Somerset, England. It is also the highest point in southern England outside of Dartmoor.
2.2 miN
Church
Culbone Church, Exmoor National Park
57 min walk • Culbone Church, located in the village of Culbone in Somerset, is said to be the smallest parish church in England. The church, dedicated to the Welsh saint Beuno, has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building and the churchyard cross is Grade II*.
2.8 miNE
Church
Church of St Dubricius, Porlock
73 min walk • The Church of St Dubricius in Porlock, Somerset, England dates from the 13th century. The church has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building. The dedication is to Dubricius, a 6th-century Briton ecclesiastic venerated as a saint and may indicate he travelled to the area.
2.3 miNE
Village, Harbor
Porlock Weir, Porlock
60 min walk • Porlock Weir is a harbour settlement approximately 1.5 miles west of the inland village of Porlock, Somerset, England. "Porlock" comes from the Old English port loca, meaning an enclosure near a harbour.
3 miNE
History museum, Museum
Dovery Manor Museum, Porlock
76 min walk • Dovery Manor Museum, also known as Porlock Museum, is a local museum in Porlock, Somerset, England. The building was built as a Manor house in the late 15th century and extended in the 17th century.
2.2 miE
Church
Stoke Pero Church, Exmoor National Park
56 min walk • Stoke Pero Church in Stoke Pero, Somerset, England was built in the 13th century. It is a Grade II* listed building. Standing 1013 feet above sea level, it is the highest church on Exmoor.
3.1 miNW
Church
Church of St Mary, Exmoor National Park
80 min walk • The Anglican Church of St Mary in Oare, Somerset, England, was built in the 15th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.
1.9 miNW
Bridge
Robber's Bridge, Exmoor National Park
49 min walk • Robber's Bridge, or Robbers Bridge, is an old masonry arch bridge in the royal forest of Exmoor near Doone Valley, carrying the minor road from Porlock Hill to Oare. It crosses Weir Water and is located down a steep, wooded lane beneath overhanging trees.
3.9 miNE
Church
Lynch Chapel Of Ease, Exmoor National Park
100 min walk • The Anglican Lynch Chapel Of Ease in West Lynch, Selworthy, Somerset, England was built around 1530. It is a Grade II* listed building.
3.8 miNW
Bridge
Malmsmead Bridge, Exmoor National Park
97 min walk • Malmsmead Bridge is a 17th-century stone bridge which crosses Badgworthy Water in the hamlet of Malmsmead, on the road between Oare and Brendon.