Kinniside Stone Circle

Kinniside Stone Circle (or Blakeley Raise Stone Circle) is a reconstructed stone circle in the civil parish of Ennerdale and Kinniside in Cumbria, England (grid reference NY060140).

Kinniside Stone Circle
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Kinniside Stone Circle
Kinniside Stone Circle is located in Cumbria
Kinniside Stone Circle
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LocationCumbria
Coordinates54.513013°N 3.452687°W / 54.513013; -3.452687
TypeStone circle
History
PeriodsNeolithic? / Bronze Age?

Description

Kinniside Stone Circle is situated next to the fell road from Ennerdale Bridge to Calder Bridge in Cumbria.[1] It consists of 11 small stones of local granite with a possible cairn at its centre.[2]

The circle was apparently dismantled in the 18th century by a farmer who used the stones for gate-posts.[2] In 1925 a Doctor Quine of Frizington "restored" the stone circle, setting the stones in concrete.[2] Whether or not he erected the stones in their original stone holes is unclear, and it is unlikely that all of the re-erected stones come from the original circle.[2]

References
  1. "Kinniside Stone Circle". Visit Cumbria. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
  2. Historic England. "Monument No. 8812". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 17 August 2015.

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