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| Kirkstones, Gutterby | ||
| Kirkstones | ||
| Gutterby Stone Circle | ||
| locality:- | Gutterby | |
| civil parish:- | Whicham (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | stone circle (gone) | |
| coordinates:- | SD106843 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD1084 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD18 | |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Gents Mag |
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| source data:- | Magazine, The Gentleman's Magazine or Monthly Intelligencer or
Historical Chronicle, published by Edward Cave under the
pseudonym Sylvanus Urban, and by other publishers, London,
monthly from 1731 to 1922. goto sourceGentleman's Magazine 1843 part 2 p.361 "..." "In Cumberland we may find examples of remains of Druidical monuments, of a circular form. ... I will mention one, near Gutterby. which at the present day bears the name of kirk-stones. It is composed of thirty stones, which form parts of two circles, an interior and exterior one, similar in position to those of Stone-henge. ..." |
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| hearsay:- |
No traces. |
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| It was described as 30 stones in two concentric circles. |
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| Waterhouse, John: 1985: Stone Circles of Cumbria: Phillimore and Co (Chichester, Sussex)::
ISBN 0 85033 566 3 Thom, A: 1967: Megalithic Sites in Britain: Oxford University Press (Oxford, Oxfordshire) Eccleston, J: 1874:: TWCAAS: vol.1: pp.278- Hutchinson, W: 1794: History of the County of Cumberland: (Carlisle) Burl, H A W: 1976: Stone Circles of the British Isles: Yale University Press (United States) |
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