Castlerigg and Long Meg and Her Daughters form a celebration of the landscape and astronomical alignments that signpost seasonal rhythmsSpring is coming, and I am planning a pilgrimage. I’m going to the vast landscape of the Lake District to visit two of the country’s most picturesque and fascinating prehistoric monuments: Castlerigg stone circle and Long Meg and Her Daughters.Castlerigg, a circle of 38 boulders of varying sizes, the tallest standing over two metres, is about a 1½ miles from Keswick. It sits on a plateau ringed by some of Cumbria’s highest fells: Blencathra, Helvellyn, Grasmoor and Skiddaw. The view from… Source – Full Article Rites of spring: the Lake District’s ancient stones marking the passage of the seasons