Burial cairns may also be found close to and on occasion within the circle. Single upright stones may be found within the circle or outside it and avenues of stones radiating out from the circle occur at some sites. The circle of stones may be surrounded by earthwork features such as enclosing banks and ditches. Stone circles are prehistoric monuments comprising one or more circles of upright or recumbent stones. * Rarity: due to their rarity and longevity as a monument type, all surviving examples are considered to be of national importance. * Group value: for its close proximity to other related contemporary scheduled monuments * Documentation: the stone circle has been surveyed and contextualised within the archaeology of Bodmin Moor * Potential: it will contain important environmental evidence relating to its construction, use, ritual significance and landscape context * Survival: the south stone circle retains a large proportion of its stones, and whilst they are now fallen their positions can still be read The Early Bronze Age south stone circle at Leskernick is scheduled for the following principal reasons: A small Early Bronze Age stone circle, all its stones now lying.
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