Have you been to the Castlerigg Stone Circle - what were your thoughts? Did we just go at the wrong time of day perhaps?

Very well presented video

Thanks for sharing Hubby and I are going to Castlerigg today was going to do midday but now will try to go around sunset time Walking on the old railway line same as you Hope it's about too dark to make our way back to Keswick xxxxx

Tough start to the hike, walking up a road can be challenging when you have to keep moving out of the way of traffic, especially when it's a narrow country road like that. That RV must have pulled out all the stops to chug on up there. Those darn tourists ruin everything! Haha I can understand Andy's disappointment with the crowds and light - I bet the place looks amazing with a less harsher sun. Cool story about the large stone that got moved - I love hearing bits and pieces like that. Look like some good accommodation at the end, I trust we will get a tour before the series is out?

@WhenAdventureKnox

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I actually didn't bother with a tour as it was a tiny apartment and the living room you saw in this video was the main draw, the bedroom and bathroom were very bog standard. Like you, I like it when you can find out stories and history about the things you see as a tourist. It helps stop the feeling of 'we've come, we saw it and now we're going to leave' 🤣 Although this one wasn't too far off!

@WhenAdventureKnox 3000BC is the same as 5000 years ago. Castlerigg Stone Circle is a nice location.

@WhenAdventureKnox

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Hi Thunder Cats. I'd read 2500BC and 5000 years ago, so was unsure about the 500 year discrepancy. But I totally agree that the stone circle is in such a nice location.

@thundercatshooo600

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@@WhenAdventureKnox It's cool. It's hard to date these sites accurately, so you always have an estimated time frame. That's the reason for the variation and discrepancy. Look forward to more adventures.

Thanks for sharing Caroline, I would love to visit all the UK stone circle sites. Interestingly in the US there are a number of pre-Columbian sites which were builds by the "Mound Builders" some of them are stone circle like the UK's one, and other are mound earthworks which indigenous peoples erected all over the US pre-Columbian. Cheers 🥪🥪🕵‍♀

@WhenAdventureKnox

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That's awesome, I didn't realise there were the mounds in the US build by indigenous people. It's funny how the US can sometimes be depicted as not having much of a history... until you look properly and realise there's loads! Cheers ☕☕

@Love_rainy_days

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@@WhenAdventureKnox Ture, There is allot of pre-Columbian history in the the Americas.

Great shares new friends ❤️🕊️🫶💫❤️🕊️🫶

@WhenAdventureKnox

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Thank you Mandy 🙏

To be honest, in terms of millenia, "3000 BC" isn't far off "four thousand five hundred years ago" (or 2500 BC).

@WhenAdventureKnox

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Very true!

How are you doing mrs Caroline thank you for sharing your trips with us. As always iam gathering main information about places you visited briefly here it’s keswick is marketplace and civil parish in Cumberland historically until 1974 was part of county Cumberland with Lake District National park north of derwen water . Named derived from old English means farm where cheese made . There are several landmarks such as moot hall home of theatre by lake opened in 1999 it’s home for visiting performers and festivals professional company, venue . Alhambra cinema oldest cinema in country since 1913 , museums, gallery as Victorian museum. Annual festivals included film festival offers opsery award, jazz festival, summer music festival. Keswick known as adventure capital of Uk because it’s easy to access to rang of outdoor activities such as hiking , cycling.

@WhenAdventureKnox

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Hi Khatoon, I am well thank you, I hope you are too. Keswick is indeed a market place and still is today. Many places in the UK used to have markets, but don't any more - Keswick however is one that kept the tradition going What I didn't however know was there used to be a 'County Cumberland'. I've only ever known it as Cumbria! I've only ever visited the Lake District for the outdoor adventures, but you're right that it has all the other attractions like museums, galleries and events like concerts.

Last part of my research stone circle is type of prehistoric monument consisting of circular set within one another. Stone circle were used from later Neolithic end of Bronze Age , found in England, Scotland. It’s ritual place or ceremony used as trological markets or trading sites or gathering places . Castlerigg is situated on prominent hill to East of keswick in Lake District National park, stone circles in British isles and Brittany . Constructed as part of megalithic traditions during Neolithic and early Bronze Age . Various archaeologists mentioned beauty and romance and r castlerigg as John Waterhouse . Every year thousands of tourists travel to site . Highest peaks in Cumbria as helvellyn, skidow, grasmoor . There are also mentioned as folklore recent castlerigg stone circle claim famed tied to Diana gabaldon on series of novels as author visited herself about protagonist traveling through stone circle. Bon voyage best wishes for you your family friends.

@WhenAdventureKnox

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The stone circle history is quite the head scratcher, and no doubt why, as you say, 1000's of people flock to them each year - Stonehenge is especially popular!