Winterbourne Abbas is only a small circle - it measures around 9 metres by 7.8 metres and consists of 7 stones that measure less than a metre in height, with an entrance at the northwest flanked by 2 much larger stones. One is a thin pillar that stands over 2 metres high whist the other entrance stone is a square block around 1.8 metres high (The 2 large stones in the top centre of the top photograph). The 2 smallest stones in the circle lie opposite this entrance.
The 17th century antiquarian John Aubrey described another circle about half a mile to the west but this has since been destroyed, although a fallen 2 metre stone known as the Broad Stone lies semi-buried beside the road about a mile to the west.
Glossary Item: Bronze Age
