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🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Megalith

Nine Ladies Stone Circle

Early Bronze Age (c.2100–1800 BCE) · Bronze Age Peak District (Food Vessel / Beaker)

Peak District embanked Bronze Age circle (10 stones in 10.5 m ring) on Stanton Moor with outlying King Stone.

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🇮🇪 Ireland · Megalith

Lough Gur Stone Circle (Grange)

Late Neolithic – Early Bronze Age (c.2500–2000 BCE) · Late Neolithic / Chalcolithic Limerick

Ireland's largest stone circle (46 m, 113 stones) — embanked, contiguous orthostats on Lough Gur shore.