Castlerigg stone circle
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Castlerigg stone circle is situated on a prominent hill to the east of Keswick, in the Lake District National Park, North West England.
Castlerigg Stone Circle
Outlying stone at Castlerigg stone circle showing possible damage caused by ploughing
Castlerigg Stone Circle as seen from the sky to the north, looking towards the Thirlmere Valley. Note the numerous circular features within it – these are believed to be later Bronze Age secondary burial mounds.
A lozenge carved into stone 13 of Castlerigg Stone Circle
Henge
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A henge can be one of three related types of Neolithic earthwork. The essential characteristic of all three is that they feature a ring-shaped bank and ditch, with the ditch inside the bank. Because t
Castlerigg stone circle
…stone circles is still debated, although most archaeologists concur that they were built for ritual or ceremonial reasons, with a similar function to henges. Various archaeologists have mentioned the beauty and romance of Castlerigg and its surrounding landscape. In his study of the stone circles of Cumbria…
The three aligned henges of the Thornborough Henges complex
Avebury henge contains several stone circles
A lidar view of the henge and the site of two Roman forts at Newton Kyme in North Yorkshire
A lidar view of Ferrybridge Henge in West Yorkshire