Found in between Little Salkeld and Glassonbuy village, Long Meg and her Daughters is the second biggest stone circle in the UK. With a diameter of around 106 meters, the circle is made up of 69 stones baring three mysterious symbols. Standing at almost 4 meters (12 feet), the tallest stone is known as Tall Meg. The stones are thought to date back to 1500 BC and the Bronze Age era. They were probably once the meeting place for a religious ritual. When writing about the stone circle, famous poet William Wordsworth said 'next to Stonehenge, it is beyond dispute the most notable relic that this or probably any other country contains.'

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