My daughter has a project/assignment for her Art College Degree course at the moment and it has to be about Cumbria in some way. So she has decided to do one about ancient Cumbria and in particular the stone circles, many of which are found here. So yesterday I took her to some fields outside Little Salkend about 20 miles from here where the third largest stone circle in the country sits atop some hills. It is called Long Meg and her Daughters - a folk name which has become attached to the place over the centuries, as have many local legends and folk tales. One in particular is that if you try to count the stones you will always come up with a different number and if by chance you do count them the same twice something terrible will befall you!
Anyway we went there for Hannah to do some drawings and take photos for her research and spent well over an hour looking at this amazing place. I didn't take any pics myself because I had the dogs and they had to stay on the lead because of sheep, but here's a link and a picture to whet your curiosity if you want to read a bit more about it.
One thing in passing. It is so remote by UK standards and out of the way that there is nothing there by way of tourism. No signs, shops, icecream vans and the like. Just these imposing stones - oh and in a tree nearby some coloured ribbons where the modern Druids have danced around..quite possibly naked!..and good luck to them!
http://www.visitcumbria.com/pen/long-me ... ghters.htm
