 Looking south to the circle with Langdale Fell, West Fell and Ravenstonedale beyond. |
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Next to
a trackway about halfway between Orton and Raisbeck, Gamelands circle
stands on a plateau of land in the shadow of Knott Hill and Great
Asby Scar and is though to be a fairly early stone circle dating from
the middle to late Neolithic.
Consisting of 43 boulders, all but one being of a local pink granite
with the exception being a single block of limestone which is located
towards the south, this flattened circle measures 42 metres by 35
metres and was contained within an earthen bank. It is possible that
there was also a central burial cist.
The stones themselves were pulled to the ground during the 1860's when the whole site was ploughed, and many of the stones in the southern arc are now missing. Despite this, Gamelands is still a beautiful circle in a dramatic setting. |
 Looking northeast to Knott Hill and Asby Scar |
360 Degree Panorama
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