Doll Tor, occasionally known as the
Six Stones, is a small stone circle lying west of Stanton Moor in the Derbyshire Peak District. Dating from the Bronze Age, the circle consists of six standing stones. The stone circle was built around 2000 to 1500 BC. The standing stones were set at the edge of a platform which maybe was used for seasonal and family ceremonies. The rites relating to death left buried deposits. Cremations, urns and funerary goods were recovered from within the circle when it was almost completely excavated in the 1930's. A low prehistoric cairn, with central rectangular stone setting, was added at the eastern end of the stone circle. The design of this gave emphasis on death rites and it contained further burials.
Excavated in 1852 by Thomas Bateman, and again from 1931 to 1933 by J. P. Heathcote. During this second excavation, three stones were smashed and later repaired with cement. In 1993, unknown visitors rearranged the stones to create a more complete but historically inaccurate circle. It was later restored to something close to its original appearance, two fallen stones being re-erected.