Long Meg and Her Daughters
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Long Meg and Her Daughters is a Neolithic stone circle situated north-east of Penrith near Little Salkeld in Cumbria, North West England. One of around 1,300 stone circles in the British Isles and Bri
The monolith Long Meg (on the horizon at top left) and the southern arc of the circle
Long Meg and Her Daughters, photographed at 19:37 on 14 May 2005. Long Meg is near the bottom of the picture.
One of three cup and ring marks on the Long Meg stone
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.
Long Meg and Her Daughters
…Long Meg herself being of red sandstone). There might also be a red 'equinox stone' on the east side of the Long Meg circle (as at Swinside and Castlerigg stone circle), involved in the autumn equinox and vernal equinox sunrises and sunsets. The Long Meg stones may be involved not just with solar timings, but also…
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