Threestoneburn Stone Circle
Threestoneburn Stone Circle is an archaeological site, a stone circle near the village of Ilderton and about south of Wooler, in Northumberland, England. It is a scheduled monument.
Description
The circle, of the late Neolithic or early Bronze Age, is situated in a large clearing in the modern afforestation of Threestoneburn Wood, formerly overlooking a spacious valley to the east. It is on a slight promontory near the confluence of Threestone Burn and one of its tributaries. Its dimensions are north-west to south-east by north-east to south-west. There are 16 stones of local pink granite, set about apart; a larger gap on the east side is thought to be an original entrance. Four of these are upright, with heights ; the rest are recumbent.About to the north are two granite stones, one of which is recumbent; immediately to their east is an alignment of three stones lying in the surface layer of peat, apart.