Long Meg and her Daughters. - detail.
In extent the third largest stone circle in the country, situated on a slight rise in the Eden Valley between Little Salkeld and Glassonby. Like other local circles very early in date - Late Neolithic - about four and a half thousand years old.
In 1822 William Wordsworth wrote a poem entitled, "A Monument Commonly Called Long Meg and her Daughters".
He regarded the site second only to Stonehenge in importance calling it, " ... the most notable relic this or any country contains"
Long Meg and her Daughters. - detail.
In extent the third largest stone circle in the country, situated on a slight rise in the Eden Valley between Little Salkeld and Glassonby. Like other local circles very early in date - Late Neolithic - about four and a half thousand years old.
In 1822 William Wordsworth wrote a poem entitled, "A Monument Commonly Called Long Meg and her Daughters".
He regarded the site second only to Stonehenge in importance calling it, " ... the most notable relic this or any country contains"