🧿 Shap Stone Avenue

United Kingdom · Europe · 54.51°N, 2.67°W

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Shap Stone Avenue
Shap Avenue is the name given to a, now mostly destroyed, megalithic complex near the village of Shap in Cumbria, England, comprising at least two stone circles, a two-mile avenue of megalithic standing stones, and several adjacent burial mounds. Before its destruction, it was one of the largest megalithic monuments in Europe. As it survives today, the site comprises a rough and highly damaged avenue of stones arranged over a mile, aligned northwest. At its southern end is the avenue's terminal, a stone circle named 'Kemp Howe', which has been mostly buried by a rail embankment.

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CountryUnited Kingdom
Continent / regionEurope
Coordinates (approx.)54.51°N, 2.67°W · view on map

Shap Stone Avenue is located in United Kingdom, in Europe.

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