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Castlerigg stone circle Keswick Cumbria

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Castlerigg stone circle Keswick Cumbria
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Castlerigg stone circle Keswick Cumbria is shown and named in a reusable Geograph picture. The saved point is the picture's recorded map point.
Castlerigg stone circle in Keswick, Cumbria, dates to the Neolithic or early Bronze Age, around 3000–2500 BCE. It is thought to have had ceremonial or astronomical significance, possibly aligned with solstices, and is associated with local folklore linking it to ancient druidic activity.

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