Neolithic stone circles of The Lake District 🇬🇧

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The Lake District near Keswick & Penrith have the 2nd & 3rd largest stone circles in England (after Stonehenge)
see - Long Meg and her Daughters near Penrith (free to visit, on private land, so be respectful).
https://www.stonepages.com/england/england.html

Castlerigg - just outside Keswick the 3rd largest , owned by English Heritage (but free to access). known locally as Druid's Circle, also called Keswick Carles & one of the oldeset (5 thousand years old it is believed).
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/castlerigg-stone-circle/
https://www.stonepages.com/england/castlerigg.html

Also near Long meg is the lesser known little meg, originally thought to be a cairn, with a carved stone, on private land in a farmers field.
http://www.stone-circles.org.uk/stone/littlemeg.htm

Enjoy some beautiful scenery....music, and cows.

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