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Gretigate stone circles, Gosforth
Gretigate Stone Circles
civil parish:-   Gosforth (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   stone circle
coordinates:-   NY058037
1Km square:-   NY0503
10Km square:-   NY00
altitude:-   262 feet
altitude:-   80m

hearsay:-  
Three circles, recognized and excavated in 1950s.
Gretigate A - ruined, all that is left is a chord of a circle built into the field wall. Circle about 32m diameter.
Gretigate B - 9 stones left out of 15 or 16, ring about 21.9x18.8m.
Gretigate C - 9 out of 12 stones left, circle about 7.3m diameter.

Waterhouse, John: 1985: Stone Circles of Cumbria: Phillimore and Co (Chichester, Sussex):: ISBN 0 85033 566 3
Stout, H: 1961:: TWCAAS: vol.61: pp.1-
Burl, H A W: 1976: Stone Circles of the British Isles: Yale University Press (United States)

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