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Castlerigg Stone Circle

Fodor's Review:

A Neolithic monument about 100 feet in diameter, the Castlerigg Stone Circle lies in a brooding natural hollow called St. John's Vale, ringed by magnificent peaks and ranged by sheep. The 38 stones aren't large, but the site makes them particularly impressive. Wordsworth described them as "a dismal cirque of Druid stones upon a forlorn moor." A marked route leads to a 200-foot-long path through a pasture. You can visit during daylight, no charge.

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