Long Meg and her daughters, stone circle, Cumbria, UK, stone circles, Red Sandstone, monument, megalith, monolith, megalithic art,
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8688 x 5792 px | 73.6 x 49 cm | 29 x 19.3 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
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Long Meg and her daughters, stone circle, CumbriaMore information:
Long Meg and Her Daughters The Long Meg monolith and accompanying circle forms one part of a complex of monuments in the Penrith area that includes, as well as the nearby Little Meg circle, a smaller circle seen by William Stukeley in 1725 to the south-west, no longer extant, plus the impressive henge at Mayburgh, a partly destroyed henge at nearby King Arthur's Round Table, and a third, completely destroyed, henge just a few yards to the south of King Arthur's Round Table. The monument is 120yd × 100yd in diameter. Long Meg herself stands 80 ft outside the circle, 20 ft above the farthest stone in the circle, "and is the tallest of the 69 stones at 12ft high and weighing c.9 tons." The Long Meg monolith is of local red sandstone, probably from the River Eden or the nearby Lazonby hills, whereas the circle stones are of rhyolite and are glacial erratics. Two large blocks are placed to the east and west and there are two extra 'portal' stones By Paul Thompson Photography