Girdlestanes, Eskdale
'Girdle Stanes', a stone circle measuring about 37m in diameter.
Erosion by river action has removed approximately a third of the
circle, but thirteen stones are still standing, and at least eight
fallen ones lie there too. It is not known whether the low stony
bank, up to about 7m in thickness, which has been thrown up along
the perimeter of the circle is an original feature of the site or
no more than field-clearance or a hedge or plantation
bank.
A preliminary geophysical survey in 1993 indicated several pits
within the enclosure, with additional pits along the line of the
stone circle. A weak magnetic anomaly suggested a narrow bank of
stoney material, about 8m outside the stone circle. No evidence was
found for an enclosing ditch within the surveyed area.
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