Castlerigg #3 - a photo on Flickriver

Castlerigg #3

            Captured at Castlerigg, in north west England, in Sept. 2002 with an Olympus 2100, 2 mp super zoom bridge camera.  Edited back then but never happy with the outcome so put it away.

Taken back out of archives and started over this morning much happier with the outcome. Makes me wonder how happy I will be with it in another 14 years.

Lots of apps and sliders used in this image. Edited in Photoshop layers and masks, Viveza, Color Efex Pro, and Alien Skin's Exposure X for black and white editing.

Google says:  it was constructed as a part of a megalithic tradition that lasted from 3,300 to 900 BC, during the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Ages. 

The stones are of a local metamorphic slate, set in a flattened circle, measuring 32.6 m (107 ft) at its widest and 29.5 m (97 ft) at its narrowest. The heaviest stone has been estimated to weigh around 16 tons and the tallest stone measures approximately 2.3m high. 

There is a 3.3m wide gap in its northern edge, which may have been an entrance. Within the circle, abutting its eastern quadrant, is a roughly rectangular setting of a further 10 stones. 

The circle was probably constructed around 3200 BC (Late Neolithic/Early Bronze-Age), making it one of the earliest stone circles in Britain and possibly in Europe.

 It is important to archaeoastronomers who have noted that the sunrise during the Autumn equinox appears over the top of Threlkeld Knott, a hill 3.5 km to the east. Some stones in the circle have been aligned with the midwinter sunrise and various lunar positions.

Firery says: if you are anywhere near the lake district and you are interested or curious about stone circles, and beautiful vistas, you must visit this place.  The setting is lovely in all weather. Get there early for sunrise and watch the mountains come alive with light and color. At sunset you get wonderful long shadows and a lovely warmth to the stones.  

Wishing you all the very best week ahead.

Taken in: United Kingdom / England / Castlerigg (show map)

Taken on: August 14, 2016

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