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Glassonby stone circle, Glassonby
Glassonby Stone Circle
civil parish:-   Glassonby (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   stone circle (?) 
locality type:-   tumulus
locality type:-   cairn circle
coordinates:-   NY57273935
1Km square:-   NY5739
10Km square:-   NY53
altitude:-   427 feet
altitude:-   130m


photograph
BJU35.jpg (taken 26.8.2005)  
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BJU36.jpg (taken 26.8.2005)  

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Until excavated by an archaeologist the ring of stones was just the kerb of a tumulus, in which there was a burial cist. The circle is an oval about 15.7x14m. Early bronze age.

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)
Parker, C A &Collingwood, W G: 1926: Gosforth District: (Kendal)
Burl, H A W: 1976: Stone Circles of the British Isles: Yale University Press (United States)

notes:-  
marked stone.

Becckensall, Stan: 2002: Prehistoric Rock Art in Cumbria: Tempus Publishing (Stroud, Gloucestershire)

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