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| Gunnerkeld stone circle, Shap Rural | ||
| Gunnerkeld Stone Circle | ||
| locality:- | Gunnerkeld Bottom | |
| civil parish:- | Shap Rural (formerly Westmorland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | stone circle | |
| coordinates:- | NY56821776 | |
| 1Km square:- | NY5617 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY51 | |
| altitude:- | 869 feet | |
| altitude:- | 265m | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Wmd 14 6) placename:- Druidical Circle |
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| source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. "Druidical Circle Gunnerkeld" concentric rings of stones |
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| evidence:- | old print:- Prior 1865 |
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| source data:- | Print, uncoloured engraving, Gunnerkeld stone circle, Shap Rural, Cumberland, published
by John Garnett, Windermere, Westmorland, and by Simpkin, Marshall and Co, London,
1865. click to enlargePI0120.jpg Included on page 345 of the guide book, Ascents and Passes in the Lake District of England, by Herman Prior. "'Gunnerkeld Bottom, 1½ mile in a direct line N.E. of Shap, a few hundred yards on the N. side of the branch-road to Appleby, at a point ¾mile from where it leaves the great high-road. It consists of two concentric rings of stones, of which the outer has the finest members; and at the N. point is a gateway of two upright stones,- with one other exception, the only ones in the work that are erect. In the centre are the remains of a cist, which has been rifled, and almost destroyed. A sketch of this interesting monument will assist the reader in identifying it.'" item:- JandMN : 235.22 Image © see bottom of page |
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| hearsay:- |
Concentric circles, a stone circle and a cairn circle. The outer ring has 21 stones
31.8x291.m, perhaps 10 more missing, many fallen. |
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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) Jefferson, S: 1842: History of Cumberland: (Carlisle) Burl, H A W: 1976: Stone Circles of the British Isles: Yale University Press (United States) |
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