Shap Stone Avenue
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Shap Avenue is the name given to a, now mostly destroyed, megalithic complex near the village of Shap in Cumbria, England, comprising at least two stone circles, a two-mile avenue of megalithic standi
Kemp Howe Stone Circle, the best surviving element of the avenue complex
The Goggleby Stone, the tallest surviving stone of the lost avenue. It was reerected by Tom Clare and his team in the 1970s, and its base encased in cement.
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
Shap Stone Avenue
…henges within the Penrith henge complex, sit alongside the River Eamont, near its confluence with the River Lowther, 11 km north of Shap. Secondly, the Long Meg and Her Daughters complex runs alongside the River Eden, approximately 20 km north of Shap. Archaeologist Tom Clare noted that the view to the east is restricted, that…
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