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Definition: A megalithic henge site in northwest England, Mayburgh only has one of the four large stones that were standing there in the 19th century. Each of the four marked a corner of a large 60x53 foot rectangle, placed in the middle of a large circular earthwork of earth and stones.

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Megalithic Sites
In ancient times in many places of the world, people shaped enormous stone boulders and then moved them hundreds of miles away and built monuments such as Stone Henge or the temples of Malta.

Archaeology of Northwest England
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Archaeology of the British Isles and Ireland
A collection of sites from England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and Northern Ireland.

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Mayburgh
From the Stone Pages website.

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