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nection with one another and, if so, what this 

 connection is, is unknown. 



There are many other circles in England, but 

 we have only space to mention briefly some of the 

 more important. At Rollright, in Oxfordshire, 

 there is a circle ioo feet in diameter with a tall 

 menhir 50 yards to the north-east. Derbyshire 

 possesses a famous monument, that of Arbor Low, 

 where a circle is surrounded by a rampart and 

 ditch, while that of Stanton Drew in Somerset 

 consists of a great circle A and two smaller circles 

 B and C. The line joining the centres of B and A 

 passes through a menhir called Hauptville's 

 Quoit away to the north-east, while that which 

 joins the centres of C and A cuts a group of three 

 menhirs called The Cove, lying to the south-west. 



In Cumberland there are several circles. One 

 of these, 330 feet in diameter with an outstand- 

 ing menhir, is known as " Long Meg and her 

 Daughters." Another, the May borough Circle, 

 is of much the same size, but consists of a tall 

 monolith in the centre of a rampart formed en- 

 tirely of rather small water-worn stones. A 

 similar circle not far from this is known as King 

 Arthur's Round Table ; here, however, there is 

 no monolith. Near Keswick there is a finely 

 preserved circle, and at Shap there seems to have 

 existed a large circle with an avenue of stones 

 running for over a mile to the north. 



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