Joshua Pollard and Andrew Reynolds stated that there was a "real need" for archaeologists to establish whether Winterbourne Bassett Stone Circle really was a human-built structure or whether it had been a scatter of natural stones mistaken for the former. A geophysical survey in 1998 confirmed at least seven of the stones at the places indicated by Smith, although the results were described as being "very ambiguous". References Footnotes Bibliography Further reading Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of London 9 (III) 1883, 344-51; Thom, Thom, and Burl, 1980, p.132-33 AC Smith, Guide to the British and Roman Antiquities of the North Wiltshire Downs, 1885, pp.76-8 History of Wiltshire Stone Age sites in England Archaeological sites in Wiltshire