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Megalithics M
Megalithics May 25, 2010 18:43:47
Replying to Vicster

Vicster wrote:
To be fair, Castlerigg is a bloody corking site, it is just a shame about the commercialism of it. Fabulous site in an amazing setting, just too many people climbing all over the stones, taking pix for Facebook!
We remember visiting Castlerigg in 1981, it was a Saturday afternoon during a summer heat wave, never saw a soul during our visit of well over an hour (cows excluded). Here's a snap we took then :-

http://www.megalithics.com/england/castrigg/castbw1l.htm

We were in the lakes for over three weeks and "did" most of the circles there, the only people we saw at any of the sites was one couple at Long Meg.

We quite often ponder if the huge increase in the popularity of megalithic sites since then is a good thing or not.

Maggie & Keith

M Mr Hamhead
Mr Hamhead May 25, 2010 19:34:27
Replying to Megalithics

are you saying it's all our fault?

J juamei
juamei May 26, 2010 09:56:43
Replying to Megalithics

Everytime I've camped in the lakes I always make sure I spend a night at the campsite near to Castlerigg, then an early night and up with the dawn chorus to spend 2 hours or more alone at the circle with the morning sun and mist.

Whilst the "show" sites suffer in terms of numbers, many many more receive less than a visitor a week and suffer neglect and deliberate damage which goes unpunished as not enough people care for authorities to act.

Personally I think the more people care about visiting any prehistory the better as it raises the profile of the whole.