Doll Tor
Doll Tor is a stone circle just west of Stanton Moor, near the village of Birchover, Derbyshire in the English East Midlands. Doll Tor is part of a tradition of stone circle construction that spread throughout much of Britain, Ireland, and Brittany during the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Ages, over a period between 3300 and 900 BCE.Photo: Elfmeterschiessen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: MichaelMaggs, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: Stone circle in Derbyshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Doll Tor Stone Circle” and “Doll Tor stone circle and cairn”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Andle Stone and Rowtor Rocks.
Andle Stone
Photo: Mark Kelly, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Andle Stone is a large gritstone boulder on Stanton Moor in Derbyshire. The stone block is 6m long, 4m high and lies within a low, circular, dry stone wall enclosure. Andle Stone is situated 760 feet northeast of Doll Tor.
Rowtor Rocks
Stone
Photo: Warofdreams, CC BY 2.5.
Rowtor Rocks is a stone, which is situated 1,700 feet east of Doll Tor.
St Michael’s Church, Birchover
Church
Photo: Robert Cutts, CC BY 2.0.
St Michael's Church, Birchover, also known as Rowtor Chapel, is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Birchover, Derbyshire. Located in the Peak District National Park, St Michael was built as a privately endowed chapel for the nearby Rowtor Hall. St Michael’s Church, Birchover is situated 2,700 feet south of Doll Tor.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Birchover and Stanton in Peak.
Birchover
Village
Photo: Robert Cutts, CC BY 2.0.
Birchover is a village and civil parish in the Peak District National Park in Derbyshire, England, five miles north-west of Matlock. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 362. Eagle Tor is a small hamlet on the north-western edge of the parish.
Stanton in Peak
Village
Photo: Row17, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stanton in Peak is a village in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, It is about seven miles north-west of Matlock, on the north side of Stanton Moor, from Birchover.
Winster
Village
Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Winster is a village in the English Derbyshire Dales about 5 miles from Matlock and 6 miles from Bakewell at an altitude of approximately 820 feet. It was formerly a centre for the lead mining industry.
Doll Tor
- Categories: stone circle, cairn, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Stanton, Derbyshire Dales District, Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.16248° or 53° 9′ 45″ northLongitude
-1.64499° or 1° 38′ 42″ westOperator
Historic England;Peak National Park AuthorityOpen location code
9C5W5964+X2OpenStreetMap ID
node 303571498OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q5289184
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In Other Languages
From German to Portuguese—“Doll Tor” goes by many names.
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Highlights include Birchover Quarry and Stanton Moor.
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