Mystery of the Stone Circle

The history and the archeology always leave me stunned. The creations in the ancient times, without the huge machines and cranes, always have put to me in the thought of how actually these colossal structures were built and what was the basic purpose of building them.

Adding to the already made discoveries, another stone carving was revealed on Roach Ridge (place not sure). Until a couple of years ago it was hidden under a blanket of heather, but the wind blew the growth back and the carving was rediscovered in 2004. The carving is very close to the edge of a cliff and consists of an area about 3 meters by 2 meters which has been leveled. A 36inch diameter circle has been carved in the middle of the leveled area.

Assumptions:

-->> Stoke Archaeology Society have put forward the idea that this is perhaps a mill-stone in the making. To release the stone the mason would have to cut out underneath. It seems a pretty inaccessible place to fashion a millstone being almost as high as you can go and part made mill-stones can be found in the quarries much further down the valley. These mill-stones are made from boulders which seems to be a much less arduous and obvious way of making them.

-->> Archeologists John Barnett and Adam Russell - the former of the Peak Park, are pretty sure the stone carving pictured is not a mill-stone in the making but is possibly where a Victorian telescope was mounted.

So if nothing was known in living memory in 1874 of the origins of the carving then this puts the origin at least a lifetime earlier perhaps more, i.e to before 1800. Telescopes were around in the 1700's so it could still be a telescope mounting, however it is unlikely to be Victorian.

This is taken from an article and I really don't know how far is it true. But, knowing about this magnificent structure my research is in full swing and will update this with any further discovery.