Conservation History
In 1883, Castlerigg stone circle was scheduled; one of the first scheduled ancient monuments in Great Britain and Ireland, thus occupying a small place in the history of archaeological conservation. In 1913, Canon Hardwicke Rawnsley, one of the founders of the National Trust, was among the prime organisers of a public subscription which bought the field in which the stone circle stands, which he then donated to the National Trust.
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