to locate the missing stones. A team of archeologists, led by Dr Martin Bates from the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, used geophysical surveying techniques to explore the thickly silted marsh to determine the location of the buried stones. The excavation was planned and timed for the team to work between tides and to cause the least disturbance to the bird populations in Isley Marsh. See also Drizzlecombe Grey Wethers Nine Maidens stone circle References Bronze Age sites in Devon History of Devon Megalithic monuments in England Archaeological sites in Devon