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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Mayburgh
Country: England County: Cumbria Type: Henge
Nearest Town: Penrith  Nearest Village: Eamont Bridge
Map Ref: NY5191728428  Landranger Map Number: 90
Latitude: 54.648651N  Longitude: 2.746671W
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.
3 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.
5 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
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TheCaptain visited on 20th Sep 2022 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 After a fabulous breakfast its time to start my day. Once I have found my way out of Penrith, cross the river and turn right at Eaumont Bridge, right by King Arthur's Round Table henge. Right again before the motorway near a large millennium stone, and theres a parking area. Short walk to Mayburgh Henge, and what a fabulous place it is. Far bigger than I had imagined, the effort it must have taken to create this out of millions of river boulders and pebbles is astounding. I walk all around the henge taking a lot of pictures, none of which do it justice. The large stone standing in the middle really makes the place, along with all the old tree roots growing amongst the boulders. Terrific.

bishop_pam visited on 30th Sep 2020 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4

Hodur visited on 30th Sep 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5

drolaf visited on 18th Jul 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4

kthdsn visited on 18th Feb 2014 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5

Richard13 visited on 1st Mar 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5

FrothNinja visited - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 5 Access: 5

Humbucker SandyG DrewParsons nicoladidsbury sorschaL kelpie have visited here

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.14 Ambience: 4 Access: 4.57

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Mayburgh submitted by TerryStaniforth : Panorama at Mayburgh Henge in frost. (Vote or comment on this photo)
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.

For more information see Pastscape Monument No. 12002 and Historic England List ID 1007902. The Journal of Antiquities also includes an entry for Mayburgh Henge, Eamont Bridge, Cumbria, which also includes King Arthur's Round Table.
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Mayburgh submitted by Robert Farrah : Mayburgh Henge. The mist thins to reveal the equinox sun rise over the last remaining stone at Mayburgh. (11 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Mayburgh submitted by Charles_Paxton : Mayburgh Henge at night. A very impressive henge. Above the standing stone is Ursa Major constellation, The Great Bear. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Mayburgh submitted by nicoladidsbury : Mayburgh Henge in the snow, 3rd Jan 2010 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Mayburgh submitted by nicoladidsbury : Mayburgh Henge Standing Stone in the snow. 3rd Jan 2010 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Mayburgh submitted by nicoladidsbury : Mayburgh Henge entrance, looking towards the standing stone, Blencathra mountain can be seen over the bank directly opposite the entrance.

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Mayburgh submitted by AngieLake : The remaining stone is quite imposing from this angle.

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Mayburgh submitted by caradoc68 : The only one of eight stones left in the middle of Mayburgh henge. Nicely hidden away in the confines of the walls of this great henge.

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Mayburgh submitted by nicoladidsbury : Mayburgh Henge - panorama from on top of the bank.

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Mayburgh submitted by nicoladidsbury : Mayburgh Henge Sunset.

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Mayburgh submitted by terrystaniforth : Mayburgh stone in the frost. (3 comments)

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Mayburgh submitted by TerryStaniforth : Panorama at Mayburgh henge. Frosty Morning! (1 comment)

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Mayburgh submitted by rich32 : Mayburgh at about 5pm on 3/3/06. (3 comments)

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Mayburgh submitted by Horatio : Looking south showing. 'Mayburgh is a large and impressive Neolithic henge. Its banks stand up to three metres high, constructed of pebbles collected from the nearby river. Near the centre is a single standing stone. Old drawings suggest that it was one of a group here, with two more pairs standing at either entrance, but they have since been removed.' - From English Heritage site page

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Mayburgh submitted by TheCaptain : The characterful stone in the middle really makes the place

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Mayburgh submitted by AngieLake : The remaining stone has a very interesting swirly texture on this side.

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Mayburgh submitted by nicoladidsbury : Sunny View of Mayburgh Henge - noticed for the first time that there is a very noticable bank running around the outside of the henge, about 6 feet higher than the field below. I am wondering if it is part of the ritual complex. The inside has also been flatted, and raised above the natural. Funny how I hadn't realised this before ;) It must have taken a major amount of work to create, and always ...

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Mayburgh submitted by vicky : The large stone at Mayburgh looking towards the entrance of the henge.

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Mayburgh submitted by Postman : All shadows lead to megaliths

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Mayburgh submitted by Postman : 20th of January. Snow capped Pennines (2 comments)

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Mayburgh submitted by tonygaluidi : This is a recent painting of the fabulous standing stone at Mayburgh Henge, near Penrith, Cumbria

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Mayburgh submitted by threlkeld : In the centre of the henge.

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Mayburgh submitted by Humbucker : Late afternoon - the central stone of Mayburgh Henge. (2 comments)

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Mayburgh submitted by AngieLake : Looking back towards the henge's entrance from its centre, enjoying the sight of those lovely trees.

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Mayburgh submitted by Bladup : Mayburgh henge.

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Re: Mayburgh Henge by TheCaptain on Tuesday, 18 October 2022
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On streetview at the public entrance
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Re: Mayburgh Henge by drolaf on Monday, 06 August 2018
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easy access, you can carpark next to the henge.
the site is clean, no rubbish. lots of local dogwalkers though-not all with take home bags.

An impressive henge still with its banks-it must have been a significant task to lug the river pebbles up to the site.

A good henge location, you can see the hills near Keswick and originally there was probably a 360deg viewshed.

There is plenty of erosion showing the pebbles, and cattle are grazed on the monument, leading to more erosion. The site needs more protection.
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Re: Mayburgh Henge by Andy B on Friday, 08 June 2018
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Robert W E Farrah's interpretation of the sacred landscape around Mayburgh Henge and its possible orientation towards Blencathra.

MAYBURGH HENGE
A SACRED SPACE ODYSSEY
Longer-term readers of this magazine and visitors to our Online website will know of John Billingsley's suggestion that some prehistoric sites may be related to prominent saddle formations in the visible horizon
Robert W. E. Farrah here presents a striking example of this from Cumbria.

Mayburgh is one of the three henges known as the Penrith Henges: Mayburgh, King Arthur's Round Table and the Little Round Table. All are to be found on the southern outskirts of Penrith, within 155m of one another on a tongue of land between the confluence of the River Eamont and its tributary the Lowther. Many ancient routes converge upon Penrith and upon the comparatively low ground of the middle Eamont, where these earthworks are to be found.

The Little Round Table (NY 52402818 ) lies in the SE corner of a field immediately S of King Arthur's Round Table. The earthwork, described as a 'low circular ridge',2 is now a ghost in the landscape; a low curving scarp belonging to the northern perimeter of the earthwork is barely visible. Fragments of a low discontinuous bank with some stone can be seen in the modern plantation skirting Earl Henry's Drive and to the W of Lowther Lodge; the rest lies beneath field walls and the A6.

75 metres to the N is King Arthur's Round Table (NY 52332838 ), a bank and internal ditch with two opposed entrances on an approximate SE-NW axis. The northern entrance and eastern bank have been destroyed by adjacent roads, but the approximate diameter is thought to be around 90m. The irregular bank surrounds a circular ditch, 12m wide and 1.2 to 1.5m deep. The bank reaches a height of 2m at the entrance and is some 12m wide here. The interior consists of an elliptical platform varying from 44m to 52m in diameter.

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Mayburgh Henge by coldrum on Monday, 29 June 2009
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Pastscape site entry:

http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=12002
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