Old Cumbria Gazetteer
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| placename:- | Studfold Gate Stone Circle | |
| locality:- | Dean Moor | |
| parish |
Dean parish, once in
Cumberland
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| county:- | Cumbria | |
| stone circle | ||
| Altitude | 623 feet | |
| coordinates:- |
NY040223 | |
| 10Km square:- |
NY02
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| 1Km square | NY0422 | |
| hearsay |
Perhaps 15 stones in a ring 25.9m x 32.8m, local sandstone;
described as standing stones by the OS.
Bisected by a stone wall, which is also a parish boundary. 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) Mason, J R & Valentine, H: 1925:: TWCAAS: vol.25: pp.268- 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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