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| Motherby stone circle, Hutton | ||
| Motherby Stone Circle | ||
| locality:- | Motherby | |
| civil parish:- | Hutton (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | stone circle (gone) | |
| coordinates:- | NY419282 (Waterhouse estimate) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY4128 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY42 | |
| coordinates:- | NY409265 (guess from Clarke 1787) | |
| 1Km square:- | NY4026 | |
| 10Km square:- | NY42 | |
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| evidence:- | old text:- Clarke 1787 |
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| source data:- | Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland,
and Lancashire, written and published by James Clarke, Penrith,
Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787; published 1787-93. goto sourcePage 51:- "..." "At this place there has been, I think, a Druidical temple: indeed there is every appearance of it, except the situation; and though the Druids had their temples generally upon hills, this may probably be an exception to that rule. Here are the two large stones which form the entrance on the south side the altar stones, and at the southernmost point of the camp is a circle of large seventeen yards diameter. This circle has been lately dug for treasure, but none was found, nor indeed any thing but a vast number of bones. ..." "There is a tradition in this neighbourhood, that a General of the name of Penruddock, who commanded this fort, gave his name to this village; but I can met with no authentic particulars of him." |
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| hearsay:- |
Circle diameter about 15.5m; blasted to pieces by the steward of the Duke of Norfolk,
late 18th early 19th century. |
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| Waterhouse, John: 1985: Stone Circles of Cumbria: Phillimore and Co (Chichester, Sussex)::
ISBN 0 85033 566 3 Burl, H A W: 1976: Stone Circles of the British Isles: Yale University Press (United States) |
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