Rollright Stones

The Rollright Stones are a complex of three adjacent monuments from the Stone and Bronze Age south of Long Campton in Warwickshire, which lie in Oxfordshire in England ( across the border ) and built between the 4th and 2nd millennium BC.

The complex consists of the stone circle " Kings Men" by 77 stones, which has about 33 m in diameter. For this, the 50 m come away, to the northeast on the other side of the road, this higher Menhir, the so-called "King Stone", and about 250 m east located fenced Dolmenrest " Wispering Knights ", all of which were at different times. The description of the Rollright Stones begins in the 16th century. In the 1980s, the archaeologist George Lambrick came to the conclusion that the circle was originally a " perfect circle " was where the stones touching each other. A form which is very rare, as most stone standing at a distance in the circles.

The Legend

A king had encamped his army on the hill, encouraged by a witch's promise that if he could reach the circle into seven steps and the village of Long Campton would see in the valley, he would be King of England. It seemed simple, but the witch cheated on him and got a hill to block the view. He and his men were to stones.