Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Mayborough

Mayborough, ancient circular enclosure, on wooded eminence, 1 mile S. of Penrith, Cumberland; is about 100 yds. in diameter, is encircled by a mound, and has in the centre a large block of unhewn stone.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "ancient circular enclosure"   (ADL Feature Type: "historical sites")
Administrative units: Cumberland AncC
Place: Mayburgh

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