Part of the ancient stone circle in Cumbria, England known as Long Meg and her daughters

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One of the finest stone circles in the north of England, the circle has a diameter of about 350 feet, the second biggest in the country. Long Meg is the tallest of the 69 stones, about 12 feet high, with three mysterious symbols, its four corners facing the points of the compass and standing some 60 feet outside the circle. The stones probably date from about 1500 BC, and it was likely to have been used as a meeting place or for some form of religious ritual. Long Meg is made of local red sandstone, whereas the daughters are boulders of rhyolite, a form of granite.

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Size: 5100px × 3414px
Location: Salkeld Cumbria England
Photo credit: © Paul Melling / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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