More information : [NY 03340238] Stone Circle [NR] (Restored) [NAT] (1)
A circle of 12 stones north-west of Seascale How Farm were toppled over and buried in 1820, with the exception of one stone. (No 1 on plan).
In 1949, nine of the stones were located, and replaced as accurately as possible, the original packing stones being utilised where found. An outlier was found 70' north of an unburied stone, whilst a large broken boulder 200 yds south-west of the circle, and 4 partly buried boulders to the south-east, may have been associated with it. A Great Langdale Late-Neolithic stone-axe was found near stone 4. An oval stone cairn 22' x 15' and 2' - 2.5' high was situated in the circle centre. Trenching under the stones of the cairn revealed charcoal traces calcined bones (possibly human), a broken early Bronze Age jet or lignite ring, and flint flakes and scraper. Finds in the Tullie House Museum, Carlisle. (2)
Ten stones in a circle survive of a fairly uniform c.1.3m height; the northern outlier is prone. The site is in an exposed position with a good seaward view; no other surface features of interest were seen.
Resurveyed at 1:2500. (3)
Listed as a circle of outlying stones with internal cairn. (4)
(NY 03340238) Stone Circle [NR] (5)
NY 033023 Stone circle NW of Seascale How, scheduled. (6)
The monument is also visible as upstanding structures on air photographs mapped as part of the North West Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey. It appears to be still extant on the latest 1990 Ordnance Survey vertical photography.
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