Three Brothers, Lancashire

Three Brothers
Location Lancashire
Coordinates 54°09′17″N 2°46′31″W / 54.15465°N 2.77539°W / 54.15465; -2.77539Coordinates: 54°09′17″N 2°46′31″W / 54.15465°N 2.77539°W / 54.15465; -2.77539
Architectural style(s) British pre-Roman Architecture
Location of Three Brothers in the City of Lancaster district

The Three Brothers (grid reference SD494734) are three erratic boulders[1] or standing stone hilltop altars located in the hills above Morecambe Bay, immediately north of Warton Crag. The site was surveyed by Alexander Thom. [2] It is accessible along a footpath through woodland.[1]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Evans, Brian (2010). Walks in Silverdale and Arnside (2nd ed.). Cicerone. p. 52. ISBN 978-0902363786.
  2. Julian Cope (1998). The Modern Antiquarian: A Pre-millennial Odyssey Through Megalithic Britain : Including a Gazetteer to Over 300 Prehistoric Sites. Thorsons Pub. p. 256. ISBN 978-0-7225-3599-8. Retrieved 11 April 2013.


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