Panorama Photo

Stone circles can be found in many countries throughout Europe. One of Britain's most impressive prehistoric Stone Circle monuments is Castlerigg; it was probably built around 5000 years ago. The ring consists of 38 stones in a 30 metre circle with the tallest stone being 2.3 metres high. On the eastern side of the circle is an additional 10 standing stones forming a rectangle within the circle. Castlerigg is one of Britain's earliest stone circles and it is important in terms of megalithic astronomy and geometry, as the construction contains significant astronomical alignments. The exact reasons these circles are unknown. Although many historians and Archaeologists falsely presume the circles were used for religious ceremonies and sacrificial rituals; with no evident whatsoever of neither. The only evidence that can be proven is the geometric and astronomy alignments.

When taking these images there were several other people photographing and walking around the circle. However I was lucky to mask out all other visitors.
32 images at 1/200sec f11 ISO 100