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Stone Circles
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Rings of Stones
Why? one answer is provided by Thom 1967, they are astronomical instruments. | ||
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map features | ||
| Examples of the map symbol for stone circles, Cumbria from a miscellany of map notes (in no order). | ||
| Bacon c1890s |
Bacon's Map of Cumberland
A ring of dots marks a:- 'Druidical Circle' at Burnmoor and Castlerigg for example. 'Long Meg & her daughters' is just labelled. | |
| Batty 1888 |
Principal Mountains of Westmorland and Cumberland
A circle outside Keswick is labelled:- 'Druid Circle' ie Castlerigg Stone Circle. | |
| Black 1850 map (Cum/Railways) |
A tumulus symbol (today's style) is labelled:-
'Druids Circle' for Castlerigg Stone Circle. | |
| Bowen and Bowen 1767 |
Cumberland and Westmorland
At the road junction south of Shap are some stones labelled:- 
'Stone Heap' | |
| Bowen and Kitchin 1760 |
A group, perhaps a circle, of stones by the road S of
Shap is labelled:-
'Stone Heap' | |
| Cary 1794 |
New Map of England and Wales
East of Keswick is a label:- 
'Druid Stones' perhaps marked by a few blocks. This is Castlerigg Stone Circle. Three blocks, one in each county, at Wry Nose, are labelled:- '3 Shire Stones' | |
| Drayton 1612/1622 |
Long Meg and Her Daughters is marked by a ring of 18
standing stones, labelled:-
'Sakelds stones' Karl Lofts, the alignment at Shap, is marked by a double row of standing stones, labelled:- 'Loder ston's [Lowther stones]' | |
| Ford 1839 map |
The Castlerigg Stone Circle is labelled:-
'Druids Stones' | |
| Garnett 1850s-60s D |
New Section Maps of the Lakes
A circle by Castlerigg is labelled 'Druidical Circle' N of Boot are 'Druidical Temples' and on Swinside Fell:- 'Druidical Temple' | |
| Garnett 1850s-60s H (edn 1870s) |
To the east of Keswick is:-
'Druid Stones' and more on Burnmoor. | |
| Hudson 1842 map (4th edn 1853) |
A ring of dots outside Keswick is labelled:- 'Druid Stones' for Castlerigg Stone Circle | |
| Kitchin 1767 |
Kitchin's Post Chaise Companion ...
A scatter of three stones is labelled:- 
'Stone heaps' plate 40 mile 270 before Shap. This might be the stone circle about there. | |
| Leigh 1830 map |
New Map of the Lakes in Westmoreland Cumberland Etc, ...
A circle marks the Castlerigg Stone Circle, labelled:- 
'Druids Circle' And:- 'Arthurs Round Table' is labelled. | |
| Red Guide 1892 map |
District of the Lakes
A 'circle' of dots by Keswick, Castlerigg Stone Circle, is labelled:- 
'Druid Stones' | |
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references
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Waterhouse, John: 1985: Stone Circles of Cumbria:
Phillimore and Co (Chichester, Sussex):: ISBN 0 85033 566
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Thom, A: 1967: Megalithic Sites in Britain: Oxford
University Press (Oxford, Oxfordshire)
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Burl, H A W: 1976: Stone Circles of the British Isles:
Yale University Press (United States)
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