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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Gunnerkeld
Country: England County: Cumbria Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Penrith Nearest Village: Shap
Map Ref: NY56821775 Landranger Map Number: 90
Latitude: 54.553142N Longitude: 2.669119W
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

3 Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

2 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.

3 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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drolaf visited on 18th Sep 2021 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 2 a '2x donut' with a northern 'portal' and inner facade. seems to have been built around a couple of large granite erratics.

Gongoozler visited on 10th Oct 2020 Travel up to Scotland about twice a year, but always forget to look out for this circle. This time, my wife was driving so I asked her to slow down in the inside lane (M6 southbound) and got a reasonable view!

RedKite1985 saw from a distance on 19th Sep 2019 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 2 Access: 4

kthdsn saw from a distance on 4th Apr 2015 We drove past on the M6

BolshieBoris saw from a distance on 1st Jan 2009 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 1 Access: 2

Richard13 saw from a distance on 1st Mar 2007 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 2 Access: 3

FrothNinja saw from a distance - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5

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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 2.8 Ambience: 2.6 Access: 2.75

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**Gunnerkeld** submitted by Bladup : Gunnerkeld. (Vote or comment on this photo)

This stone circle is right next to the M6 southbound carriageway. See if you can spot it next time you go past. It's a ruined double ring, and the noise takes nothing away from this site. Ask at the farm to visit.

For more information see Pastscape Monument No. 11771 which tells us "Gunnerkeld concentric stone circle. This monument consists of an outer circle measuring approximately c30m north-south and 24m east-west of 19 large granite stones, three of which are upright and just over 1m tall. There is an entrance on the northern side of the outer circle between two of these large stones. Within the outer circle is an inner circle measuring c18m north-south by 16m east-west of 31 granite stones. The inner circle forms the kerb of an earth and stone cairn up to 1m high. Limited antiquarian excavation of the central cairn uncovered a cairn; scheduled"

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