{"id":5299,"date":"2026-03-31T14:18:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T13:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=5299"},"modified":"2026-03-31T14:18:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T13:18:39","slug":"from-little-to-long-meg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/2026\/03\/from-little-to-long-meg\/","title":{"rendered":"From Little to Long Meg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve searched for Little Meg Stone Circle a couple of times and walked past it without seeing it \ud83d\ude09 so the other day we decided it was the time to find it at last. Luckily it was nice weather for a wander and we found it easily (it helps to look up the location before you head out). It&#8217;s quite a small group of stones, and the prehistoric rock art was difficult to see, but it was still worth visiting.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_1_1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_1_1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_1_1200-581x365.jpg 581w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_1_1200-840x528.jpg 840w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_1_1200-768x483.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5301\" src=\"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_2_1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"813\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_2_1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_2_1200-539x365.jpg 539w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_2_1200-840x569.jpg 840w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_2_1200-768x520.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5302\" src=\"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_3_1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_3_1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_3_1200-365x365.jpg 365w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_3_1200-840x840.jpg 840w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_3_1200-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5303\" src=\"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_4_1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_4_1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_4_1200-243x365.jpg 243w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_4_1200-560x840.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_4_1200-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_4_1200-1024x1536.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5304\" src=\"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_5_1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_5_1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_5_1200-365x365.jpg 365w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_5_1200-840x840.jpg 840w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_5_1200-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We then left Little Meg behind and walked round to St Michael &amp; All Angels Church which I&#8217;d not visited before.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5305\" src=\"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_6_1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_6_1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_6_1200-243x365.jpg 243w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_6_1200-560x840.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_6_1200-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_6_1200-1024x1536.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5306\" src=\"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_7_1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1835\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_7_1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_7_1200-239x365.jpg 239w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_7_1200-549x840.jpg 549w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_7_1200-768x1174.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_7_1200-1004x1536.jpg 1004w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5307\" src=\"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_8_1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"2034\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_8_1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_8_1200-215x365.jpg 215w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_8_1200-496x840.jpg 496w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_8_1200-768x1302.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_8_1200-906x1536.jpg 906w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5308\" src=\"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_9_1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_9_1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_9_1200-274x365.jpg 274w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_9_1200-631x840.jpg 631w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_9_1200-768x1022.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_9_1200-1154x1536.jpg 1154w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5309\" src=\"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_10_1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_10_1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_10_1200-313x365.jpg 313w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_10_1200-720x840.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_10_1200-768x896.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5310\" src=\"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_11_1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_11_1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_11_1200-243x365.jpg 243w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_11_1200-560x840.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_11_1200-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_11_1200-1024x1536.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5311\" src=\"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_12_1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1615\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_12_1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_12_1200-271x365.jpg 271w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_12_1200-624x840.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_12_1200-768x1034.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_12_1200-1141x1536.jpg 1141w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5312\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5312\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5312\" src=\"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_13_1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_13_1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_13_1200-660x199.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_13_1200-840x253.jpg 840w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_13_1200-768x232.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5312\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We found a hobbit listed there \ud83d\ude09<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5313\" src=\"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_14_1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_14_1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_14_1200-243x365.jpg 243w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_14_1200-560x840.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_14_1200-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_14_1200-1024x1536.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We then headed off down the footpath and ended up at Long Meg&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5314\" src=\"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_15_1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_15_1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_15_1200-243x365.jpg 243w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_15_1200-560x840.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_15_1200-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_15_1200-1024x1536.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_16_1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1832\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_16_1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_16_1200-239x365.jpg 239w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_16_1200-550x840.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_16_1200-768x1172.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/260326_16_1200-1006x1536.jpg 1006w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve searched for Little Meg Stone Circle a couple of times and walked past it without seeing it \ud83d\ude09 so the other day we decided it was the time to find it at last. Luckily it was nice weather for a wander and we found it easily (it helps to look up the location before you head out). It&#8217;s quite a small group of stones, and the prehistoric rock art was difficult to see, but it was still worth visiting. &nbsp; We then left Little Meg behind and walked round&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5316,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[125,873,139,587,184,138],"class_list":["post-5299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photography","tag-cumbria","tag-little-meg","tag-long-meg","tag-photography","tag-stained-glass","tag-stone-circle"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5299"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5317,"href":"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5299\/revisions\/5317"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.graeme-skinner.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}