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Swinside stone circle, in the Lake District, England, which megalithic specialist Aubrey Burl called "the loveliest of all the circles" in north-western Europe. [1]The stone circles in the British Isles and Brittany are a megalithic tradition of monuments consisting of standing stones arranged in rings.
Aubrey Burl lists 43 stone circles in Dumfries and Galloway: 15 in Dumfriesshire; 19 in Kirkcudbrightshire; and 9 in Wigtonshire. [5] The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland records 49 stone circles in the region. Of these 49, 24 are listed as 'possible'; one is an 18th-century construction; and a number have ...
Swinside stone circle, Cumbria, England Bryn Cader Faner, North Wales, a Welsh ring cairn / tumulus often misinterpreted as a stone circle A stone circle is a ring of megalithic standing stones . Most are found in Northwestern Europe – especially Stone circles in the British Isles and Brittany – and typically date from the Late Neolithic ...
Scientists assessing the similarities between ancient stone circles in Scotland and Stonehenge in England’s Salisbury Plain suggest the ancient societies in these distant regions were likely far ...
Priddy Circles, four stone circles and two round barrows; Ring of Brodgar, Neolithic henge and stone circle. Thornborough Henges, three aligned Neolithic henges. Waulud's Bank, a possible Neolithic henge. Woodhenge, Neolithic Class I henge and timber circle.
Avebury (/ ˈ eɪ v b ər i /) is a Neolithic henge monument containing three stone circles, around the village of Avebury in Wiltshire, in south-west England.One of the best-known prehistoric sites in Britain, it contains the largest megalithic stone circle in the world.
Similarities between stone circles in Scotland and Stonehenge, located in Wiltshire on the southern edge of England’s Salisbury Plain, add to a growing collection of clues showing there was ...
Castlerigg Stone Circle (alternatively Keswick Carles, or Carles) [3] [4] is situated on a prominent hill to the east of Keswick, in the Lake District National Park, North West England. [5] It is 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 ...