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Photo Pages: Mayburgh - Henge in England in Cumbria
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Submitted by Vicky on Friday, 08 June 2007 Page Views: 9555
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 Site Name: Mayburgh Country: England County: Cumbria Type: Henge
Nearest Town: Penrith Nearest Village: Eamont Bridge
Map Ref: NY519284 Landranger Map Number: 90
Latitude: 54.648398N Longitude: 2.74693W
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 |
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Ambience:| 5 | Superb | | 4 | Good | | 3 | Ordinary | | 2 | Not Good | | 1 | Awful | | 0 | No data. |
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Access:| 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. |
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Accuracy:| 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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Henge in Cumbria. Located within earshot of the M6, this massive henge consists of a huge bank 110m in diameter composed of grey, water worn stones brought up from a nearby river and a single standing stone. It has one entrance to the east in the direction of King Arthur’s Round Table.
According to antiquarians, 4 stones originally stood in the centre (a possible Four Poster stone circle according to Burl) and 4 others flanked the entrances. These were destroyed in 1720.
Access: The henge is 400m to the west of the A6, the Round Table is at the south west of the junction of the A6 with the A592.
Note: A visit to Two Cumbrian Henges, here and King Arthur's Round Table, Saturday 21st July 2007. See comment.
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 Mayburgh submitted by nicoladidsbury
Mayburgh Henge Standing Stone in the snow. 3rd Jan 2010
 Mayburgh submitted by nicoladidsbury
Mayburgh Henge in the snow, 3rd Jan 2010
 Mayburgh submitted by nicoladidsbury
Mayburgh Henge entrance, looking towards the standing stone, Blencathra mountain can be seen over the bank directly opposite the entrance.
 Mayburgh submitted by terrystaniforth
Mayburgh stone sunrise in the frost.
 Mayburgh submitted by terrystaniforth
Mayburgh stone in the frost.
 Mayburgh submitted by TerryStaniforth
Panorama at Mayburgh henge.
Frosty Morning!
 Mayburgh submitted by rich32
Mayburgh at about 5pm on 3/3/06.
 mayburgh henge submitted by rldixon
remaining stone in centre of henge
 mayburgh henge submitted by rldixon
stiched panoramic from 3 pics
 Mayburgh submitted by rich32
Mayburgh, Cumbria
My poor old digi cam is on its way out, too much light or not enough & the images need heavily Photoshopping. I do like its total misrepresentation of Mayburgh on a slightly dull day though.
 Mayburgh submitted by nicoladidsbury
Mayburgh Standing Stone, 22nd June 2005The last rays of solstice sun catch the standing stone in the centre of the henge, throwing the shadow over to the top of the oposite bank.This is quite possibly the most atmospheric megalithic site in Cumbria.
 Mayburgh submitted by nicoladidsbury
Mayburgh Henge 22nd June 2005Late setting sunlight over Mayburgh Henge.
 Mayburgh Henge Millenium Stone submitted by nicoladidsbury
View from Mayburgh Henge to the new Millenium Stone.
 Mayburgh submitted by nicoladidsbury
Mayburgh Henge, near Penrith.
Photo taken from the entrance in the eastern side of the henge, looking across the bowl of the henge to the distinctive mountain of Blencathra in the distance.
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A visit to Two Cumbrian Henges, Saturday 21st July 2007 (Score: 1)
by Andy B on Friday, 08 June 2007
(User Info | Send a Message) | A visit to Two Cumbrian Henges with Helen Caffrey. Event takes place at Eamont Bridge, near Penrith. Henges are circular ceremonial sites dating from the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age. Find out more about these impressive structures as you explore King Arthur's Round Table (reasonably accessible to those with limited mobility) and Mayburgh. To book a place on this free tour of these sites contact Lancaster University on 01524 592623/4.
Early booking advisable.
http://www.cumbria.gov.uk/planning-environment/countryside/historic-environment/events.asp
also Saturday 6th October 2007
Appleby Archaeology Group Autumn Conference - People and the Land Settlement in the Eden Valley: Prehistoric to Present Day at Appleby Grammar School. Event takes place between 9.30am and 4pm. Contact Harry Hawkins on 01768 864340.
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