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The Three Kings is a stone circle in Redesdale Forest in Northumberland. It is the site of a Bronze Age burial which took place about 3,500 years ago marked by four enormous standing stones (one has fallen). They form a near rectangle and stand on the circumference of a circle with diameter 14½ feet. They have heights of about 4½ feet. The largest stone weights 2½ tons. There is a small stone-lined grave in the middle of the site. There are two suggestions regarding the origin of the name. One is that after one of the 4 stones had fallen the site became known as 'The Three Kings'. The other is from a local legend that this was the grave of three kings of Denmark who had been killed in battle. It is within the council area of Northumberland.
Historic England Scheduled Monument 1015525.

Place Type: Prehistoric Monument
Historic County: Northumberland
Lat, Long: 55.301759,-2.3569293
Grid Reference: NT 7743 0090
Civil Parish: Rochester CP
Council Area: Northumberland CA
Strategic Authority Area: North East SA
Police Area: Northumbria PA

GBPN ID: 305076
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Three_Kings,_Northumberland_305076

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