Mayburgh Henge

Mayburgh Henge is a large prehistoric monument in the county of Cumbria in northern England [1]. The henge is in the care of English Heritage and is a Scheduled Ancient Monument [1]. It is 400 metres from King Arthur's Round Table Henge [1]. The henge is situated on a knoll just outside the village of Eamont Bridge close to the confluence of the Rivers Eamont and Lowther around 1 mile south of Penrith [1]. The site consists of a single circular bank possibly built using cobble stones from the rivers "unlike other henge monuments, where earth from the digging of a ditch is piled up to form a bank." There is no evidence of a ditch at Mayburgh [1]. The bank is up to 15 feet high, and 50 metres across its base with a diameter of around 383 feet [1]. Contained within it is a single monolith 9 feet high [1].