<< Our Photo Pages >> Lacra B - Stone Circle in England in Cumbria
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Lacra B Alternative Name: Lacra SouthCountry: England County: Cumbria Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Millom Nearest Village: Kirksanton
Map Ref: SD1492380982 Landranger Map Number: 96
Latitude: 54.217475N Longitude: 3.306209W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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For more information see Pastscape Monument No. 37317, an extract of which reads: "The stone circle to the south of Lacra, excavated July 1947, is 48 ft in diameter, and consists of six stones averaging 3 ft 6 ins high. It probably originally consisted of eleven evenly spaced stones. There was an inner ring of stones enclosing a central mound, diameter 32 ft height 2 ft. In the centre of the mound were large stones with fragments of burnt bone beneath them. There was no trace of the primary burial, or pottery. Charcoal was found both at the periphery and the centre. The mutilated state of the burial circle was accounted for by ploughing in the 19th century."
The entry goes onto say that a possible seventh stone, inside the circle, is probably one of the large stones in the central burial mound uncovered during excavation.
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