BIRKRIGG COMMON 1. The Druids' Circle; 2. From the Temple of Birkrigg Common THE DRUIDS' CIRCLE oil on canvas | 16" x 16" | 2003 | £160 #GC2 Back to: The Gallery | Home

FROM THE TEMPLE OF BIRKRIGG COMMON oil on canvas | 30" x 20" | 2003 | £300 #GC17 THE DRUIDS' TEMPLE OF BIRKRIGG COMMON (aka THE DRUIDS' CIRCLE OF ULVERSTON), CUMBRIA Unsignposted, without a stone over 3’ high and therefore rather difficult to locate in summer when the ferns are 5’ high, this is a bronze age site of carboniferous limestone. Actually 2 non-concentric rings, the outer made up of 15 stones and measuring 80’ and the inner counting 10 stones and with a near 30’ diameter. Excavations in 1911 and 1921 located a blue-rag stone pavement beneath the inner circle, with a used collared cremation urn and 4 other cremations beneath this. Depending on the weather, the view over Morecambe Bay offsets this site perfectly. OS: SD.293.739 South of Ulverston off a minor road from the A5087 between Bardsea and Baycliff, on the Sea Wood side of Birkrigg Common.