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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
MAYBOROUGH, an ancient British monument on the S border of Cumberland; on the river Eamont, 1¼ mile S of Penrith. It is situated on a woody eminence; comprises a circular area about 300 feet in diameter, surrounded by a mound of pebbles several feet high; has in the centre an unhewn block of stone, 25 feet in girth, and 11 feet high; had formerly, near that stone, three other blocks of similar character; and is entered, through the mound, by a cut 36 feet wide. Some antiquaries suppose it to be Druidical, while others disagree widely with one another in opinion respecting it. Sir Walter Scott speaks of it as-
Mayborough's mound and stones of power,
By Druids raised in magic hour.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "an ancient British monument" (ADL Feature Type: "monuments") |
| Administrative units: | Cumberland AncC |
| Place: | Mayburgh |
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