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Mysterious Site Attractions In Lake District

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The list of Lakes and lochs of the United Kingdom is a link page for some large lakes of the United Kingdom , including lochs fully enclosed by land. Lakes in Scotland are called lochs, and in Northern Ireland loughs . In Wales a lake is called a llyn. The words loch and lough, in addition to referring to bodies of freshwater , are also applied to bodies of brackish water or seawater, which in other countries or contexts may be called fjord, firth, estuary, bay etc. In particular, the term sea-loch is used in Scotland in this way, as the English language equivalent of 'fjord'. Some of the largest lakes in England and Wales are man-made reservoirs, or l...
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Mysterious Site Attractions In Lake District

  • 1. Long Meg and her Daughters Penrith
    Long Meg and Her Daughters is a Bronze Age stone circle near Penrith in Cumbria, North West England. One of around 1,300 stone circles in the British Isles and Brittany, it was constructed as a part of a megalithic tradition that lasted from 3,300 to 900 BCE, during the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age. The stone circle is the sixth-largest example known from this part of north-western Europe, being slightly smaller than the rings at Stanton Drew in Somerset, the Ring of Brodgar in Orkney and Newgrange in County Meath.It primarily consists of 59 stones set in an oval shape measuring 340 ft on its long axis. There may originally have been as many as 70 stones. Long Meg herself is a 12 ft high monolith of red sandstone 80 ft to the southwest of the circle made by her Daughters. Long Meg i...
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  • 2. Castlerigg Stone Circle Castlerigg
    The stone circle at Castlerigg is situated near Keswick in Cumbria, North West England. One of around 1,300 stone circles in the British Isles and Brittany, it was constructed as a part of a megalithic tradition that lasted from 3,300 to 900 BC, during the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Ages.Various archaeologists have commented positively on the beauty and romance of the Castlerigg ring and its natural environment. In his study of the stone circles of Cumbria, archaeologist John Waterhouse commented that the site was one of the most visually impressive prehistoric monuments in Britain.Every year, thousands of tourists travel to the site, making it the most visited stone circle in Cumbria. This plateau forms the raised centre of a natural amphitheatre created by the surrounding fells and ...
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