Kinniside Stone Circle
Archaeological site in Cumbria, England
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Kinniside Stone Circle (or Blakeley Raise Stone Circle) is a reconstructed stone circle in the civil parish of Ennerdale and Kinniside in Cumbria, England (grid reference NY060140).
| Kinniside Stone Circle | |
|---|---|
Kinniside Stone Circle | |
  Location within Cumbria | |
| 54.513013°N 3.452687°W | |
| Type | Stone circle |
| Periods | Neolithic? / Bronze Age? |
| Location | Cumbria |
Description
Kinniside Stone Circle is situated next to the fell road from Ennerdale Bridge to Calder Bridge in Cumbria.[1] It consists of 11 small stones of local granite with a possible cairn at its centre.[2]
The circle was apparently dismantled in the 18th century by a farmer who used the stones for gate-posts.[2] In 1925 a Doctor Quine of Frizington "restored" the stone circle, setting the stones in concrete.[2] Whether or not he erected the stones in their original stone holes is unclear, and it is unlikely that all of the re-erected stones come from the original circle.[2]
