The Ring is a circle of beech trees, planted on a hilltop that had been the site of Bronze Age and Iron Age fortifications, and a Roman temple.

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The outer ring and the inner circle are made from different alloys, which have different electric potentials.

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Twice puff-adders came twisting into the alert ring of our debating coffee-circle.

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It is generally performed only by women, each one taking her turn in the center of the ring surrounded by others dancing in the circle while clapping their hands and singing.

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