Old Cumbria Gazetteer |
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| Lamplugh stone circle, Lamplugh | ||
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| Lamplugh Stone Circle | ||
| civil parish:- | Lamplugh (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | stone circle | |
| coordinates:- | NY06521771 (about) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY0617 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY01 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 68 1) |
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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. "Standing Stones" |
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| hearsay:- |
IN 1842 it was already delapidated, 6 stones were left, and the circle diameter estimated
as 100 paces. Other stones had been blasted and used for walling not long before. |
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| Waterhouse, John: 1985: Stone Circles of Cumbria: Phillimore and Co (Chichester, Sussex)::
ISBN 0 85033 566 3 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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