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| Glassonby stone circle, Glassonby | ||
| Glassonby Stone Circle | ||
| civil parish:- | Glassonby (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | stone circle (?) | |
| locality type:- | tumulus | |
| locality type:- | cairn circle | |
| coordinates:- | NY57273935 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY5739 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY53 | |
| altitude:- | 427 feet | |
| altitude:- | 130m | |
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Until excavated by an archaeologist the ring of stones was just the kerb of a tumulus,
in which there was a burial cist. The circle is an oval about 15.7x14m. Early bronze
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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) Parker, C A &Collingwood, W G: 1926: Gosforth District: (Kendal) Burl, H A W: 1976: Stone Circles of the British Isles: Yale University Press (United States) |
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marked stone. |
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| Becckensall, Stan: 2002: Prehistoric Rock Art in Cumbria: Tempus Publishing (Stroud,
Gloucestershire) |
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