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The stone circle known has Long Meg and Her Daughters is one of the biggest stone circles in Britain with a diameter between 93 and 110 metres, flattened on one side (where it aligns with the infilled ditch of a large enclosure, now only visible on aerial photographs). The circle has 69 irregularly shaped stones (26 standing) of the igneous rock rhyolite, some containing large amounts of quartz, and are considered to be glacial erratics. There is a fine aerial view here NY5737 : Long Meg and her Daughters, Eden Valley, Cumbria

Long Meg is a 3.6 metres high pillar of red sandstone, possibly quarried from the banks of the nearby river Eden. It stands 20 metres outside the south-west circle entrance, in line with the setting sun at the winter solstice as viewed from the centre of the circle. Other large stones at points around the perimeter may mark other alignments. The monolith is carved on the east side with motifs including incised grooves, concentric circles and a spiral.

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