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Stone circle 200yds SE of Langthwaite Gill Plantation is a prehistoric ritual monument located in Westmorland. The circle belongs to the Bronze Age period and forms part of the broader landscape of ceremonial stone circles distributed across the Lake District and northern England. Like comparable monuments of its type and era, it would have served significant communal or ritual functions for the prehistoric populations inhabiting the region. The monument survives as a configuration of stones marking a circular or near-circular arrangement, though its precise dimensions and state of preservation would require archaeological survey to establish with certainty.
Stone circle 200yds (180m) SE of Langthwaite Gill Plantation is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007245. View the official record →
Stone circle 200yds SE of Langthwaite Gill Plantation is a prehistoric ritual monument located in Westmorland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007245.
Stone circle 200yds (180m) SE of Langthwaite Gill Plantation is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1007245.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Prehistoric, Romano-British, medieval and early post-medieval settlements, field systems and a deer park at High Park, east of Bindloss Farm (1.9 km), Castle Hill prehistoric defended enclosure (2.4 km), Devil's Bridge (3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Stone circle 200yds (180m) SE of Langthwaite Gill Plantation's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Stone circle 200yds (180m) SE of Langthwaite Gill Plantation stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.