The stones of the circle are the daughters and Long Meg herself is 3.6 meters tall.
If we had known a little more about Long Meg before we arrived, we would have looked out for Long Meg’s spiral marking.

“Tradition states that Long Meg and Her Daughters were a coven of witches who were holding their sabbat, some time in the thirteenth century. Michael Scot, a wizard from Scotland, found them so engaged and cast a spell over the assembled company, turning them all into stones”.

Even though the 59 stones have been dated from the Bronze Age and didn’t just appear from out of nowhere in the 13th centuary, they are still a very interesting sight to see. Even Hannah, Plainjane’s daughter felt compelled to enjoy herself shrouded in mystical energy.

Henge:”A monument comprising a circular ditch with an external bank which encloses a circle or number of circles of stones or wooden posts.“..says www.newarchaeology.com/articles/gloss.htm

..now let’s be honest.. when ya think of a henge.. like say stonehenge.. castlerigg stone circle.. you’re thinking there’s quite a bit to see.. i mean.. in a stoney kinda way.. *smiles* well.. during our stay in Cumbria.. Plainjane took us around a few stone henges.. bless her, and this one, Mayburgh Henge.. and i think i’m confidently speaking on everyone’s behalf.. was well.. kinda disappointing.. i mean the sign even makes it look intriguing..

..and this is it.. one stone.. ok.. i know it says on the sign that there is one remaining.. but after having to pratically hike up a steep slope.. even go through a lil gate.. to be faced with that was kinda.. odd to say the least.. it just didnt have the air of history like Castlerigg did..

..nevertheless.. it’s another “stone circle” added to our list of stone circles visited.. i just wish that stone had some friends.. cos it’d be awfully lonely being isolated within a ditch.. *pets the lone stone*

..we also got to see King Arthur’s Round Table.. kinda.. when we went past.. a cow was sitting on it..

hehe.. exploration is fun

This ancient monument was built about the same time as other British Stone Circles between 2500 – 1300 BC during the Neolithic and Bronze Ages.
Although we found out later that we weren’t supposed to climb the stones, we couldnt resist.

We wondered why the stones were there in the 1st place and maybe the Druids of ancient times built them for us to climb on 4500 years later.
I was told off by a lady that insited the stones were 35000 years old and I swear she added an extra ’0′ just to make me feel guilty.

As members of The National Trust, we try to visit as many of these Ancient Monuments and places of interest as possible.
Many thanks again to Plainjane for taking us around Cumbria and looking after us and also keeping the Druid Hippie side of us alive and well.

We went down the road to have a walk by the river Eden. Although we have got plenty to blog about and lots of photos to post, I decided that my first post on this blog would show a strange insect that I happened to stumble across.

I found this insect drowning in a pool next to the river and after searching on the net, I cannot identify it.Its about 50mm long and has wasp like colouring, I can only assume it fell out of a tree and would have met its doom until I came along and rescued it. At first we figured it could be a type of dragonfly but its legs are too long, a single pair of wings and its body seems less delicate. Even trying to match it with pictures of craneflys or types of british wasps has even left us stumped!

If anyone happens to stumble on this blog entry, please feel free to leave a comment and perhaps answer my curiosity for nature.