StoneRoad2013's photos with the keyword: SBB

SBB[24]/lms{8/11} - two Ash trees

SBB[24]/lms{8/11} - two Ash trees

StoneRoad2013
06 Sep 2024 41
Just inside the eastern edge of the circle there are two Ash trees. Although they are of a significant age, to judge by their girth, they are mere youngsters compared to the circle itself. The trees could be a couple of hundred years old, the stone circle is probably 4,000 years old [I don't know if it has been reliably dated].
SBB[24]/dwl{1/9} - want to hide !

SBB[24]/dwl{1/9} - want to hide !

StoneRoad2013
06 Sep 2024 43
A nervous Bella wants to hide, just in case she *might* be doing something wrong ... sitting in the bows of the Derwentwater Launch "Annie Mellor".
SBB[24]/dwl{2/9} - not quite so nervous

SBB[24]/dwl{2/9} - not quite so nervous

StoneRoad2013
06 Sep 2024 50
Having a quick peek over the side, one of several, gradually getting up to look for longer periods of time, but then ducking down again.
SBB[24]/dwl{7/9} - Alert

SBB[24]/dwl{7/9} - Alert

StoneRoad2013
06 Sep 2024 51
Finally, Bella sat up enough - and being on our laps helped ! - to see over the gunwale.
SBB[24]/dwl{5/9} - departing wake

SBB[24]/dwl{5/9} - departing wake

StoneRoad2013
06 Sep 2024 41
Launch now departing ... and throwing up quite a wake. [Some of the launch drivers seemed to be in a tearing hurry, and I was wondering if the queues were slowing things down significantly, and if the Lakes speed limit was being bent / broken - I felt we were doing more than the official limit on a couple of occasions].
SBB[24]/crs{2/6} - Opening & looking south

SBB[24]/crs{2/6} - Opening & looking south

StoneRoad2013
06 Sep 2024 1 2 45
The entrance gap on the Northern edge of the circle, which is approximately 11feet [3.3m] wide. So, this view is looking South.
SBB[24]/lms{2/11} - Long Meg and the Portal

SBB[24]/lms{2/11} - Long Meg and the Portal

StoneRoad2013
06 Sep 2024 1 51
Looking past Long Meg towards the gap or Portal into the interior of the stone circle. Long Meg stands 80ft outside the circle itself and 20ft higher up the sloping site.
SBB[24]/crs{4/6} - View to the West

SBB[24]/crs{4/6} - View to the West

StoneRoad2013
06 Sep 2024 2 83
The view to the West is quite splendid today. This "opening" isn't quite as wide as the one on the Northern edge.
SBB[24]/lms{4/11} - more daughters

SBB[24]/lms{4/11} - more daughters

StoneRoad2013
06 Sep 2024 48
Looking generally towards the North
SBB[24]/lms{6/11} - the SW Portal

SBB[24]/lms{6/11} - the SW Portal

StoneRoad2013
06 Sep 2024 55
These "extra" stones mark the SW portal to the stone circle.
SBB[24]/lms{5/11} - fallen stones

SBB[24]/lms{5/11} - fallen stones

StoneRoad2013
06 Sep 2024 39
Some of the 69 stones still visible are lying flat.
SBB[24]/lms{1/11} - Long Meg standing stone

SBB[24]/lms{1/11} - Long Meg standing stone

StoneRoad2013
06 Sep 2024 1 48
Long Meg is located to the South West of the Stone Circle, made of the local red sandstone and stands 12ft in height. The side facing the circle has rock art carvings. . en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Meg_and_Her_Daughters
SBB[24]/lms{3/11} - east side stones

SBB[24]/lms{3/11} - east side stones

StoneRoad2013
06 Sep 2024 48
Stones on the eastern side - some are quite large.
SBB[24]/crs{6/6} - third infographic

SBB[24]/crs{6/6} - third infographic

StoneRoad2013
06 Sep 2024 46
One of the three infograhic boards at the entrances to the field containing Castlerigg Stone Circle, high on the fells above Keswick, in The Lakes. It was one of the first 69 ancient monuments to receive statutory protection under the 1882 Act of Parliament. . en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castlerigg_stone_circle
SBB[24]/crs{5/6} - second infographic

SBB[24]/crs{5/6} - second infographic

StoneRoad2013
06 Sep 2024 83
One of the three infograhic boards at the entrances to the field containing Castlerigg Stone Circle, high on the fells above Keswick, in The Lakes. It was one of the first 69 ancient monuments to receive statutory protection under the 1882 Act of Parliament. . en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castlerigg_stone_circle
SBB[24]/crs{3/6} - The Sanctuary

SBB[24]/crs{3/6} - The Sanctuary

StoneRoad2013
06 Sep 2024 1 67
Inside the main circle, on the Eastern side, is this almost rectangular enclosure. Known as The Sanctuary, it's purpose is unknown. Bella having an investigate of the smells ... You can see quite a long way to the east today, even at 16:44 the sky seems cloudless.
SBB[24]/dwb{6/6} - helicopters

SBB[24]/dwb{6/6} - helicopters

StoneRoad2013
06 Sep 2024 43
Well, that was interesting - those tiny specks are five helicopters out of the six or seven that have just flown overhead, playing follow that chopper, but too far apart to get into one shot. [Put "Notes" around them, Nos.1,2 and 3 are particularly small / faint]
SBB[24]/crs{1/6} - first infographic

SBB[24]/crs{1/6} - first infographic

StoneRoad2013
06 Sep 2024 64
One of the three infograhic boards at the entrances to the field containing Castlerigg Stone Circle, high on the fells above Keswick, in The Lakes. It was one of the first 69 ancient monuments to receive statutory protection under the 1882 Act of Parliament. . en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castlerigg_stone_circle
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