Fernacre , also known as Fernacre stone circle or Fernacre circle, is a stone circle located on the slopes of the De Lank River, 1.25 miles northeast of St Breward on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall in the United Kingdom.
It has been suggested to mean bracken-land or come from the old plural for fairy; feren, who were said to be sacred to the ancient Cornish. Fernacre is one of the biggest stone circles in Cornwall. It is slightly flattened in a northwest to southeast direction, measuring 46.2 metres by 43.3 metres The circle contains some 68 or 69 stones with a further 3 displaced within, 38 or 39 remain standing upright. They are deeply sunk into the soil with the tallest stone measuring 1.3 metres high and the longest fallen stone 2.1 metres . Fernacre is a marker for the start of a medieval drove road from Rough Tor to Garrow.
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