Chapters at the English lakes . STONE CIRCLE ON CASTRIGG FELL 153 we are on raised ground, within a perfect amphi-theatre of mountains. Helvellyn stretches awayto the south, the north is closed by the gulfybosom of Blencathra and the rounded slopes ofLonscale and Skiddaw. Out east, beyond thecone of Mell Fell, shines the blue Pennine rangeand Crossfell, and westwards the sky is broken bythe giant outlines of the Buttermere and Crum-mock hills and the nearer masses of Hindscarth,Robinson, Grassmoor, Whinlatter, Lords Seat,Barf, and Wythop. But the interest for us who enter the charmedcircle of
Chapters at the English lakes . STONE CIRCLE ON CASTRIGG FELL 153 we are on raised ground, within a perfect amphi-theatre of mountains. Helvellyn stretches awayto the south, the north is closed by the gulfybosom of Blencathra and the rounded slopes ofLonscale and Skiddaw. Out east, beyond thecone of Mell Fell, shines the blue Pennine rangeand Crossfell, and westwards the sky is broken bythe giant outlines of the Buttermere and Crum-mock hills and the nearer masses of Hindscarth,Robinson, Grassmoor, Whinlatter, Lords Seat,Barf, and Wythop. But the interest for us who enter the charmedcircle of these grey old stones is the fact that weare standing within sight of three, if not four, ofthe pre-historic camps and villages of the earlyHiberno-Celtic race, the Brigantes, who, unlessaii earlier people made it, were builders ofthis sanctuary or burial ground. The villagescalled Pictish above Threlkeld and above FalconCrag, the refuge camps on Castle Rock in and at the high end of ShoulthwaiteGhyll, are so well with
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