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| Grey Yauds, Cumwhitton | ||
| Grey Yauds | ||
| Cumwhitton Stone Circle | ||
| civil parish:- | Cumwhitton (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | stone circle (gone) | |
| coordinates:- | NY545487 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY5448 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY54 | |
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| hearsay:- |
It was vandalised after the Enclosure Act 1770, stones being taken for the foundations
of new stone walls. One stone was left. |
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| It was described as having 88 stones in a circle 47.5m diameter. |
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| 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) Ferguson, R S: 1883:: TWCAAS: vol.6: pp.183 Burl, H A W: 1976: Stone Circles of the British Isles: Yale University Press (United States) |
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