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Henges in Cumbria, England
3 sites recorded, with photos, maps and visitor reports
18,000 years ago Cumbria was covered in a deep blanket of ice. This ice sheet scoured the country of all pre-existing life. When the ice eventually retreated, a rich forest of deciduous trees took its place - a thick dense wood which climbed much higher up the slopes of the Cumbrian mountains than the trees grow today. The hunter-gatherers of the Mesolithic period gradually came north into this wilderness.
Roughly circular prehistoric earthwork consisting of a non-defensive ditch and bank with a level plateau in the centre. A henge does not have to contain a stone circle but many do - (see the separate listing) 
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King Arthur's Round Table . Henge in Cumbria
Posted by vicky on Monday, 14 October 2002
Condition: 3, Ambience: 2, Access: 5, Accuracy: 5 (Our Pic)
Little Round Table . Henge in Cumbria
Posted by stu on Tuesday, 10 August 2004
Condition: 2, Ambience: 3, Access: 4, Accuracy: 4 (Our Pic)
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