Grey Croft Stone Circle

Grey Croft stone circle is a restored stone circle near Seascale in Cumbria [1]. Grey Croft stone circle is a circle of 12 stones situated south of the Sellafield nuclear site [1]. Only 10 of the original 12 stones are currently standing [1]. The stones in the circle were toppled over and buried in 1820 by a tenant farmer, with the exception of one stone [1]. In 1949 the site was excavated and nine of the stones were located, and replaced as accurately as possible [1]. The excavations uncovered an oval stone cairn situated in the circle centre [1]. Trenching under the cairn revealed charcoal traces, calcined bones, a broken early Bronze Age jet or lignite ring, and flint flakes and scraper [1]. A Great Langdale Late-Neolithic stone axe was found near to the eastern stone of the circle [1].