
What is recorded here
Long Meg and her Daughters Bronze Age stone circle is shown and named in a reusable Geograph picture. The saved point is the picture's recorded map point.
Dated to the Bronze Age (c. 2500–800 BCE), Long Meg and her Daughters is a well-known stone circle, possibly used for ceremonial or astronomical purposes. Local folklore refers to the stones as the "daughters" of the central, taller stone called Long Meg, though their original function remains uncertain.
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Photo: Mike Quinn · CC BY-SA 2.0