Long Meg. Little Salkeld, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe.


Long Meg and Her Daughters, also known as Maughanby Circle, is a Bronze Age stone circle near Little Salkeld in the county of Cumbria. It is the largest stone circle in the north of England. It primarily consists of 51 stones (of which 27 remain upright) set in an oval shape measuring 100 m on its long axis. There may originally have been as many as 70 stones. Long Meg herself is a m high monolith of red sandstone 18 m to the southwest of the circle made by her Daughters. Long Meg is marked with examples of megalithic art including a cup and ring mark, a spiral and rings of concentric circles.


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Location: Long Meg and Her Daughters. Little Salkeld, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe.
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Keywords: age, bronze, circle, long, maughanby, meg, stone