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