Common chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs, on top on one stone in Castlerigg stone circle, Keswick, Cumbria, North West England, UK

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The stone circle at Castlerigg (alt. Keswick Carles, Carles, Carsles or Castle-rig) 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.

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Location: Castlerigg stone circle, Keswick, Cumbria, North West England, UK
Photo credit: © Jorge Tutor / Alamy / Afripics
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