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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: King Arthur's Round Table
Country: England County: Cumbria Type: Henge
Nearest Town: Penrith  Nearest Village: Eamont Bridge
Map Ref: NY5232528374  Landranger Map Number: 90
Latitude: 54.648204N  Longitude: 2.74034W
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.
 2 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
 5

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rvbaker2003 visited on 30th Dec 2024 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4

Chappers60 visited on 9th Aug 2024 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 4

stolinskie visited on 1st Jan 2023 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 2 Access: 4

TheCaptain visited on 20th Sep 2022 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 2 Access: 5 From Mayburgh I walk to King Arthur's Round Table, and then pop into its field for a walk around the outside. Much smaller, and more henge like than the nearby Mayburgh, this has the ditch well inside the outer bank. Unfortunately, being so close to the busy roads, it suffers a fair bit in the ambience stakes.

drolaf visited on 18th Sep 2021 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 4 similar in form to the ure henges

Hodur visited on 30th Sep 2018 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 2 Access: 5

Anne T visited on 5th Apr 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5 King Arthur's Round Table Henge, Eamont Bridge: We tried to stop here on the way down to Langwathby, but the traffic was so dense and moving in so many different directions at the traffic lights, we decided to try when it was quieter. Thankfully, we managed to park in the layby opposite on the way back and let ourselves in through the kissing gate by the western side of the A66. The scale of this monument is huge, and we walked all around its outer bank, trying to photograph the whole. Well worth stopping off and taking a look. I didn't realise until I got home and was looking up information that there is a Little Round Table henge at NY 52387 28180.

kthdsn visited on 18th Feb 2014 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 5

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

FrothNinja visited - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 5

Andy B: would like to visit No 7. in Kenny Brophy's Top Ten Urban Prehistory site selections, compiled for our Old Stones book.

Humbucker DrewParsons h_fenton rldixon kelpie have visited here

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2.5 Ambience: 2.8 Access: 4.6

King Arthur's Round Table
King Arthur's Round Table submitted by h_fenton : King Arthur's Round Table. I tried to fly the kite here but the wind was too inconsistent to safely get the camera high enough. Here instead of a kite I used a carp fishing pole, with a camera attachment on the end to lift my camera higher (6-7 metres). 10 September 2010 (Vote or comment on this photo)
One of three henge structures at Eamont Bridge to the south of Penrith in Cumbria

This henge which was damaged in the 19th century when someone tried to turn it into a garden and cut in half by the road, is approximately 90m in diameter and located close to Mayburgh and the M6. A report from the 17th century records that two stones once stood outside the northern entrance (now under the road).

For more information see Pastscape Monument No 11978 and Historic England List ID 1007903. The Journal of Antiquities also includes information for this site in their page for Mayburgh Henge, Eamont Bridge, Cumbria.
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King Arthur's Round Table
King Arthur's Round Table submitted by Anne T : This is me trying to learn to use new 'photostitch' software. This is an impressive site - we've never stopped here as the traffic at the lights on the corner make it impossible to stop anywhere close. Loved walking around here at dusk, but trying to capture the scale of the site on camera was challenging. (5 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

King Arthur's Round Table
King Arthur's Round Table submitted by Adam Stanford : King Arthur's Round Table with Mayburgh Henge visible in the distance, top centre of this panoramic image pieced together from several shots. Photographed on an Archaeology Safari 5th November 2003. (9 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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King Arthur's Round Table submitted by durhamnature : Restoration drawing, from "Rude Stone Monuments" via archive.org (Vote or comment on this photo)

King Arthur's Round Table
King Arthur's Round Table submitted by rldixon : King Arthur's Round Table near Penrith taken 2004. (Vote or comment on this photo)

King Arthur's Round Table
King Arthur's Round Table submitted by rich32 : King Arthurs Round Table, nr Penrith, Cumbria. A view from KART looking towards Mayburgh Henge. If you get a magnifying glass out and look just to the right of the national speed limit sign, you should be able to make out Mayburghs central stone. Both sites are frequented by Hengecows. (9 comments)

King Arthur's Round Table
King Arthur's Round Table submitted by traveller : Another angle of the ditches, shame about the nearby road now.

King Arthur's Round Table
King Arthur's Round Table submitted by vicky : The surviving entrance at King Arthur's Round Table (the other now under the road), just off the M6 near Penrith and located within a few hundred metres of Mayburgh Henge. This site is difficult to photograph on the ground but worth a visit if you are passing.

King Arthur's Round Table
King Arthur's Round Table submitted by Horatio : This really shows the modern destruction to a once majestic henge or rather pair of henges.

King Arthur's Round Table
King Arthur's Round Table submitted by Horatio : Need the aerial to really see this in its true glory, shame its been cut by the main road

King Arthur's Round Table
King Arthur's Round Table submitted by Antonine : Photo taken in 2011

King Arthur's Round Table
King Arthur's Round Table submitted by Antonine : Looking north, 2011

King Arthur's Round Table
King Arthur's Round Table submitted by Antonine : Looking south, 2011

King Arthur's Round Table
King Arthur's Round Table submitted by Antonine : Part of the ditch that surrounds the sites, 2011

King Arthur's Round Table
King Arthur's Round Table submitted by Antonine : From info board, 2011

King Arthur's Round Table
King Arthur's Round Table submitted by Antonine : The entrance to the site, with Boer War Memorial on left, 2011

King Arthur's Round Table
King Arthur's Round Table submitted by Postman : Shadows and a sprinkle of the white stuff (not that one) help accentuate the henges details.

King Arthur's Round Table
King Arthur's Round Table submitted by Postman : It's what allows doors to open and close

King Arthur's Round Table
King Arthur's Round Table submitted by Postman : A brilliant site, mercilessly truncated by the two roads.

King Arthur's Round Table
King Arthur's Round Table submitted by Postman : Getting right up into the corner of the field

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King Arthur's Round Table submitted by TheCaptain : King Arthur's Round Table from the southeastern side

King Arthur's Round Table
King Arthur's Round Table submitted by TheCaptain : King Arthur's Round Table from the southern entrance

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King Arthur's Round Table submitted by TheCaptain : King Arthur's Round Table from the western side

King Arthur's Round Table
King Arthur's Round Table submitted by dooclay : The Henge from the West

King Arthur's Round Table
King Arthur's Round Table submitted by Humbucker : Arthurs Round Table - looking over the henge towards the village.

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Re: King Arthur's Round Table by coldrum on Monday, 29 June 2009
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