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Little Meg
Archaeological site in Cumbria, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Little Meg (also known as the Maughanby circle) is a small circle of large kerb stones which probably surrounded a Bronze Age kerb cairn. It is close to the village of Langwathby to the north-east of Penrith in the English county of Cumbria and is 650 metres north-east of the more famous stone circle of Long Meg and Her Daughters. It forms part of a complex of stone circles and cairns around the Long Meg site that includes the circle at Glassonby, Old Parks, and other sites since lost.
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![]() The Little Meg circle with the decorated stone in the foreground | |
Location | Little Salkeld grid reference NY57693749 |
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Coordinates | 54°43′50″N 2°39′30″W |
Type | Kerb cairn |
History | |
Periods | Bronze Age |
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Two of the stones (only one remaining) were decorated in antiquity with a series of concentric circles and a spiral.