Castlerigg Stone Circle is situated on a prominent hill to the east of Keswick, in the Lake District National Park, North West England. It's one of around 1,300 stone circles in the British Isles and Brittany, constructed as a part of a megalithic tradition that lasted from approximately 3,200 BC to 2500 BC, during the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Ages.
Castlerigg Stone Circle, September 2005
Castlerigg Stone Circle, 20:13, 11 July 2005
The Castlerigg Standing Stones towards the south east
The Circle with Blencathra in the background
Keswick is a market town and civil parish in the Cumberland unitary authority area of Cumbria, England. Historically, until 1974, it was part of the county of Cumberland. It lies within the Lake District National Park, Keswick is just north of Derwentwater and is four miles from Bassenthwaite Lake. The parish had a population of 5,243 at the 2011 census.
Keswick, Cumbria
Castlerigg stone circle
Keswick's market has been thriving for more than 700 years.
German miners sorting copper ore, 16th century