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stone circles, Cumbria
county:-   Cumbria
The Druids Were Here!

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Why? one answer is provided by Thom 1967, they are astronomical instruments.

references:-  
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)
Burl, H A W: 1976: Stone Circles of the British Isles: Yale University Press (United States)

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