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Shap Stone Avenue

Shap Stone Avenue — Neolithic stone complex in Cumbria, England.

Shap Stone Avenue

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Shap Stone Avenue is a archaeological in north east. (Neolithic stone complex in Cumbria, England.) Wikipedia notes: "Shap Avenue is the name given to a, now mostly destroyed, megalithic complex near the village of Shap in Cumbria, England, comprising at least two stone circles, a two-mile avenue of megalithic standing stones, and several adjacent burial mounds. Before its destruction, it was one of the largest megalithic monuments in Europe.". Coordinates 54.5131°, -2.6688°. Sources are credited at the bottom of this page.

Coordinates
54.5131, -2.6688

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