Priddy Circles are a linear arrangement of four circular earthwork enclosures near the village of Priddy on the Mendip Hills in Somerset, England. The circles have been listed as Scheduled Ancient Monuments, and described as 'probable Neolithic ritual or ceremonial monuments similar to a henge'.
The southernmost Priddy Circle falls on adjoining land to a house and stables that are owned by retired business man Roger Penny. In 2012 Penny was fined £10,000 after the earthwork was damaged by work he had permitted.
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