Mayburgh Henge, Eamont Bridge, Cumbria
Mayburgh Henge is a large and impressive Late Neolithic henge. Its banks stand up to 3 metres (10 feet) high, and unusually are made of pebbles collected from the nearby river. It is one of three such monuments clustered together on the narrow area of land between the Rivers Eamont and Lowther. In the early 18th century the antiquarian William Stukeley suggested that there had been two concentric stone circles, but there is no evidence to prove this. No excavations are known to have been undertaken at Mayburgh, but in 1879 part of a stone axe was found near the entrance. Find out more
