Almsworthy Common is a small area of unenclosed land in Exmoor, south-western England. It contains a number of archaeological sites.

It is about 2 miles north of Exford roughly 0.5 km2 in area, and the Macmillan Way West passes through it, as does the parish boundary between Exford and Porlock. It reaches a height of 453 metres.

Almsworthy Common

Stone settings are arrangements of upright stones either scattered randomly or in a roughly geometric pattern. They are the most common form of stone monument found on Exmoor, with 57 conclusively recorded examples in this area. A large number are known to have existed but have been destroyed.

Almsworthy Common

560 m south west of Chetsford Bridge is a stone alignment. The archaeologist Aubrey Burl stated that an "eye of faith" was needed to identify "either a ring or a set of rows." The Ordnance Survey list it as a "Stone Circle" on their map. In his 1970 study of the archaeology of Exmoor, Leslie Grinsell thought that it was "probably" a stone circle.

Almsworthy Common

The common is also the site of one of the best preserved hut circles on Exmoor.

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External links

Almsworthy at The Megalithic Portal

Almsworthy at The Modern Antiquarian

Archaeological sites in Somerset

Buildings and structures in Somerset

Scheduled monuments in Somerset

History of Somerset

Megalithic monuments in England

Exmoor