Stone Circles Gallery

The Sanctuary, Avebury J880247

THE SANCTUARY, Avebury, Wiltshire. The Sanctuary on Overton Hill as it may have appeared in the final phase. Now part of the Avebury World Heritage Site. Reconstruction drawing by Judith Dobie (English Heritage Graphics Team)

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Circle, Enclosure, Graphic, Neolithic, Pre Historic, Stone Age, Stone Circle, World Heritage Site

Castlerigg Stone Circle AA080444

CASTLERIGG STONE CIRCLE, St Johns Castlerigg, Cumbria. A view of some of the standing stones that make up Castlerigg Stone Circle, which was raised in c3000 BC in the Neolithic period and is situated three miles east of Keswick, showing the stones silhouetted against a view of Cumbrian fells. Photographed between 22nd December 1953 and 7th January 1954 by John Gay

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Hurlers Stone Circles N061067

HURLERS STONE CIRCLES, Cornwall. General view of the late Neolithic or early Bronze Age stone circles. Reputed to be the remains of men petrified for playing hurling on a Sunday

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Bronze Age, Legend, Moor Land, Neolithic, Pre Historic, Stone Circle