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Watch the soft November light through megalithic alignments

ROLLRIGHT STONES, OXFORDSHIRE THIS 2,000-YEAR-OLD CIRCLE SITS NEAR A BURIAL CHAMBER (ROLLRIGHTSTONES.CO.UK). LONG MEG AND HER DAUGHTERS, CUMBRIA LEGEND SAYS YOU CAN’T COUNT THE SAME NUMBER OF STONES TWICE IN THIS SANDSTONE SISTERHOOD (VISITCUMBRIA.COM).

AVEBURY, WILTSHIRE SEE BRITAIN’S LARGEST HENGE AT DAWN, SILHOUETTING MEGALITHS UP TO 18FT TALL (ENGLISH-HERITAGE.CO.UK). DRUID’S CIRCLE, PENMAENMAWR THIS 30-STONE CIRCLE SITS ON THE HEADLAND UNDER GLOWERING SKIES (VISITWALES.COM). RING OF BRODGAR, ORKNEY ISLANDS WORLD HERITAGE SITE STONES (RIGHT) STAND LIKE ‘ANCIENT DRUIDS, MYSTERIOUSLY STERN AND INVINCIBLY SILENT’ (HISTORICENVIRONMENT.SCOT).