Goodaver stone circle

The circle has a diameter of 32.3 m (almost exactly to thirty nine Megalithic Yards) and consists of twenty three standing stones and one recumbent that has disappeared over the last century, they were originally thought to number twenty eight. The stones are well presented situated near the top of Shephard's Hill at an altitude of 306 m. The stones are generally rectangular and measure between 0.6 m and 1.6 m high by 1.45 ft wide. They are spaced approximately 3.7 m apart, slightly more irregular but in line with other big Bodmin Moor circles. Reverend A. H. Malan discovered the circle in 1906 when only three stones remained standing. Local farmers supplied workers to erect the fallen…