Class 3 have enjoyed a fabulous trip up to Keswick to stand amongst the stones at Castlerigg pondering all sorts of questions about how and why they were placed here in this arrangement. We were met by a volunteer there who was impressed with the children’s knowledge and their suggestions as to why the stone circle was such an important site to ancient civilisations.
We spent time walking around the site which is surrounded by incredible mountains sketching some of the stones. The only thing we couldn’t agree on was the number of stones there – some counted 49, others counted more!
In the afternoon, we went to Keswick Museum to learn more about the life of hunter-gatherers and handle some ancient axe-heads that had been found at an ‘axe factory’ cave in Langdale Pikes.
