The Seven Stones is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 February 1987. Stone circle.
The Seven Stones
- WRENN ID
- plain-hammer-martin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Exmouth and Exeter East MP: David Reed (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 February 1987
- Type
- Stone circle
- Address
- The Seven Stones, Bicton
- OS grid reference
- SY 073 857
- Coordinates
- 50.66403, -3.3121
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Seven Stones is a stone circle with outliers located in Bicton Park. Originally a Bronze Age feature, it was moved here and set up as a garden ornament, likely in the first half of the 19th century. The circle is made of red-brown coloured conglomerate sandstone and consists of eight irregularly-shaped upright stones arranged in a rough circle. There is one additional stone located off-center inside the circle and another close by on the west side. To the south, there are two more recumbent stones. Although there are currently twelve stones, it is believed that they originally formed the Bronze Age Seven Stones Circle, which was situated on nearby Mutters Moor between the Otter Valley and Sidmouth. Some stones appear to have been broken, which explains the difference in the number of stones. The stones now serve as the centerpiece of what is known as The Japanese Garden, though the garden furniture is not included in the listing.
Local climate
The Seven Stones receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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