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The Rollright Stones

Long Compton, Oxfordshire

A king and his army, frozen in stone by a witch's trick.

The King's Men is a ring of weathered limestone stones so worn they look like crumbling teeth. Across the road stands the lone King Stone, and nearby the Whispering Knights, a burial chamber far older than the circle.

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When
c. 2500 BC
Where
51.9755, -1.5708
Group
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Visiting

Run by a trust, with a small entry fee and an honesty box.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Britain by Cale Mills
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The Ledger of Lost Britain

The Romans arrived in AD 43. For most people that is where the history of Britain begins. But by the time the legions landed, people had already been living on these islands for thousands of years. They had hunted, farmed, mined flint, dragged stones across the country, raised a hill by hand, and buried their dead in great tombs. They left no written words. What they left was the ground itself. Every place in this book can be visited, or has been dug up, or is in a museum.

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