Long Meg and her Daughters, Cumbria
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member flipflopnick
N 54° 43.676 W 002° 40.046
30U E 521417 N 6064567
Long Meg is a red sandstone pillar outside the ellipse of her daughters, a stone ring. Free to visit.
Waymark Code: WM4XCA
Location: North West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/09/2008
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member snaik
Views: 34
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Long Meg and her daughters are the third largest stone circle in England, and date from the Bronze Age. Long Meg is made of red sandstone, her daughters are rhyolite, a form of granite. Long Meg is 12 feet high and her daughters weigh up to 29 tons. There are small circles chipped on Long Meg, called cup and rings marks.

There are many stories about the stones please follow 'Links' below.

William Wordsworth wrote after a visit in 1822.
"A weight of awe, not easy to be bourne,
Fell suddenly upon my spirit - cast
From the dread bosom of the unknown past
When first I saw that family forlorn"

Park on access road or in the village of Little Salkeld and walk. In the care of English Heritage who cut the grass organically with farm cows.

Links
Megalithic portal (visit link)
Wikipedia (visit link)
English Lakes (visit link)
Info (visit link)
Scottish Antiquities (visit link)
Streetmap (visit link)
Type: Stone Circle

Parking: N 54° 43.654 W 002° 40.018

Number: 59.00

Size:
300 x 360 feet ellipse for her daughters Long Meg is 12 feet (3.5 m) high, about 50 feet (16 m) south of the ellipse.

Source:
Red sandstone and rhyolite are local rocks.

Purpose:
Druid circle. Allegedly a witches coven turned to stone. http://www.ancient-scotland.co.uk/site.php?a=105 A prophecy tells us that if Long Meg were ever to be shattered, she would run with blood.

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