| Long Meg And Her Daughters |
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It primarily consists of 51 stones (of which 27 remain upright) set in an oval shape measuring 100 m on its long axis. There may originally been as many as 70 stones. Long Meg herself is a 3.6 m high monolith of red Sandstone 18 m to the southwest of the circle made by her Daughters. Long Meg is marked with examples of Megalithic Art including a Cup And Ring Mark , a spiral and rings of concentric circles. Aubrey Burl has argued that Meg is from an earlier period than the stone circle and is possibly an unrelated Neolithic Menhir . Aerial photography has identified several undated enclosures in the area and the smaller stone circle of Little Meg is close nearby. |
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