Soussons Common stone circle

Soussons Common stone circle lies beside a road at the edge of woodland east of Postbridge in Devon, inside Dartmoor National Park. The site is best known for its nearby clapper bridge, yet the circle itself is a Bronze Age feature. It is often mistaken for a stone circle or cairn, but it is actually the near-complete ring of a vanished burial mound. Twenty-two low stones remain, most barely rising above the turf. The tallest stone stands just over half a metre high. The ring measures about six and a half metres across and once enclosed a central cist, now damaged. Archaeologists uncovered it in 1903 as one of four Red Barrows aligned north to south. The other three mounds have been levelled over time, leaving only this ring as a trace. The stones are small and widely spaced, giving the circle a subtle presence in the grass. Visitors reach the ring by following a short path from the roadside. The stones sit in open ground at the edge of Soussons Plantation, where the forest meets moorland. The quiet surroundings let the ancient ring stand without distraction. From the circle the moor stretches away, while the clapper bridge lies a short walk to the west.