Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| placename:- | Lacra Stone Circles | |
| locality:- | Low Crow | |
| parish |
Millom Without parish, once
in Cumberland
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| stone circle | ||
| coordinates:- |
SD150813 | |
| coordinates:- |
SD149810 | |
| coordinates:- |
SD150810 | |
| coordinates:- |
SD151813 | |
| 10Km square:- |
SD18
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| 1Km square | SD1581 | |
| hearsay |
Four circles. Rocks of the Borrowdale Volcanic Series.
Lacra A, 8 stones in circle diameter 15.7m. Lacra B, 6 stones left of 11, diameter 14.7m. Lacra C, only 3 or 4 stones left, diameter perhaps 24m. Lacra D, only 6 or 7 stones left of an ellipse 18x15m. There might have been an outer ring; there is an alignment of pairs of stones to the ENE; there is an avenue for 100m WSW; etc. Waterhouse, John: 1985: Stone Circles of Cumbria: Phillimore and Co (Chichester, Sussex):: ISBN 0 85033 566 3 Dixon, J A & Fell, C I: 1948: TWCAAS:: vol.48: pp.1- Burl, H A W: 1976: Stone Circles of the British Isles: Yale University Press (United States) | |
| Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2008 | ||
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