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Submitted by rich32 on Saturday, 11 September 2004  Page Views: 9776

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Low Longrigg NE
Country: England County: Cumbria Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Ravenglass  Nearest Village: Boot
Map Ref: NY172028  Landranger Map Number: 89
Latitude: 54.413882N  Longitude: 3.277359W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 2 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
 3

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Low Longrigg NE
Low Longrigg NE submitted by rich32 : Low Longrigg NE stone circle, Burnmoor, Eskdale, Cumbria NY172028 This circle is the larger of the 2 Low Longrigg circles. It has 15 stones forming an irregular circle, is 22m x20.5m and has 2 cairns, 1 of which is central. It’s only a few meters away from Low Longrigg SW. The stone circles of Brats Hill, White Moss SW & NE are within a few hundred meters. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Low Longrigg NE stone circle is the larger of the 2 Low Longrigg circles. It has 15 stones forming an irregular circle, is 22m x20.5m and has 2 cairns, 1 of which is central.

It’s only a few meters away from Low Longrigg SW. The stone circles of Brats Hill, White Moss SW & NE are within a few hundred meters.

For more information see Pastscape Monument No. 9209 which gives details of the two stone circles on Low Longrigg, quarter of a mile WNW of Eskdale Stone Circle. The entry says the both circles are poorly defined, most of the stones being at ground level and difficult to see in the rough pasture. Both have internal cairns.

Please note the Pastscape record only gives a 6 digit NGR.
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Low Longrigg NE
Low Longrigg NE submitted by TheCaptain : Very hard to find in very long grass on very uneven and boggy ground, amongst many cairns all over the place. Further up the ridge I again found what I thought was the remnants of a stone circle, but was not 100% convinced, but seemed too far from what I thought was the SW circle for them to both be correct. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Low Longrigg NE
Low Longrigg NE submitted by TheCaptain (Vote or comment on this photo)

Low Longrigg NE
Low Longrigg NE submitted by Postman : Here be mountains. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Low Longrigg NE
Low Longrigg NE submitted by Postman : Im not sure which of the circles this is, combine the two sites, pleeeease. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Low Longrigg NE
Low Longrigg NE submitted by Postman : You gotta come here. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Low Longrigg NE
Low Longrigg NE submitted by Postman : The notched stone and the valley between Great Gable and Kirk Fell.

Low Longrigg NE
Low Longrigg NE submitted by Postman : The notched stone.

Low Longrigg NE
Low Longrigg NE submitted by rich32 : Low Longrigg NE stone circle, Burnmoor, Eskdale, Cumbria NY172028 Another view from Low Longrigg NE. The central cairn can be seen to the right in this image, the largest stone of Longrigg SW can just be made out in the background.

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 100m S 179° Low Longrigg SW* Stone Circle (NY172027)
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Re: Low Longrigg NE by TheCaptain on Monday, 02 October 2017
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I had a look for these stone circles towards the end of September 2017, but could not be sure I found them properly. But I didn't spend too long wandering around in waist height growth on very boggy and uneven ground, as was out for a long walk with friends, and time was getting on and I had already tried their patience with four previous circles ! I did find lots of piles of stones, be they cairns or old field clearance I couldn't say. There must be hundreds up there.

It would be nice to have decent accuracy grid refs for the two circles, rather than the very vague figures given here and on pastscape etc.

Looking back through various old OS maps, it would appear that they move or even disappear at times, with only cairns being marked !

Current OS 1:25000 map shows this, with the circles marked to the northwest of our position.

But from older maps, in 1956 we have this, with the circles marked to the northeast of our position.

And from 1899 even further to the east!

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