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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Glassonby
Country: England County: Cumbria Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Penrith Nearest Village: Glassonby
Map Ref: NY57283935 Landranger Map Number: 91
Latitude: 54.747280N Longitude: 2.665171W
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:

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4	Good
3	Ordinary
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1	Awful
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3 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
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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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kthdsn visited on 9th Aug 2014 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5

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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.5 Ambience: 4.5 Access: 4.5

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**Glassonby** submitted by Horatio : During the excavation of the site in the 1900's a cist was discovered within the ring of stones towards its south-eastern end. The cist was formed of four red sandstone slabs laid out to form the sides of a rectangular box measuring just under a metre in length, 50 cm wide and up to 60 cm deep. What was assumed to be the cover to the cist was found nearby broken into three pieces which together ... (Vote or comment on this photo)

This ring cairn/circle lay under a large mound until its excavation in 1900. One of the stones is said to be marked with a faint set of concentric rings with two adjoining semi-circles.

For more information see Pastscape Monument No. 12190, an extract of which reads: "Round cairn including a prehistoric carved stone 620m NW of Glassonby. The cairn is partly mutilated and consists of a largely grass covered irregularly-shaped mound of cobbles up to 0.5m high and measuring c30.5m - 33.5m in diameter. On the summit of the mound there is a circle of 30 larger stones up to 0.92m high which are arranged in an oval measuring 15.7m by 14m. One of these stones is engraved with a complex design of concentric circles, semi-ovoids, chevrons and other linear features which link it with traditions outside Cumbria. Excavation in 1900 revealed that these stones were originally covered by the mound. A robbed cist or rock cut grave was found along with an area of charcoal and bead of blue glass. Outside the the circle of stones two cremations were found, one in an urn, the other in a pit; scheduled."
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