Castle Folds or Castlesteads was a Romano-British walled settlement on Great Asby Scar – an area of limestone pavement in the parish of Asby, Cumbria, England.

Gamelands stone circle

Archaeological site

Photo: C1614, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Gamelands stone circle is a stone circle at the foot of Knott Hill in Cumbria, England. The stones are mostly made of red granite and some were buried and blasted in 1862.

Sunbiggin Tarn

Sunbiggin Tarn is a tarn near Sunbiggin in Cumbria. It is in a Site of Special Scientific Interest which also includes the surrounding moorland and limestone pavement of Little Asby Scar.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Raisbeck and Kelleth.

Raisbeck

Hamlet

Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Raisbeck is a hamlet in the civil parish of Orton, in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. The surname Raisbeck originates from the hamlet.

Kelleth

Hamlet

Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kelleth is a hamlet in Cumbria, England, containing around a dozen houses and formerly a toy factory. It is approximately 19 miles from Penrith. It is in the Lune Valley, is situated next to the River Lune and is at an altitude of 750 ft. Kelleth is situated 2 miles south of Sunbiggin.

Gaisgill

Hamlet

Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Tebay is a village and civil parish in Cumbria, England, within the historic borders of Westmorland. It lies in the upper Lune Valley, at the head of the Lune Gorge. Gaisgill is situated 2½ miles southwest of Sunbiggin.

Sunbiggin

Type: Hamlet
Description: hamlet in Cumbria, England, UK
Category: locality
Location: Orton, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.47158° or 54° 28′ 18″ north

Longitude

-2.52684° or 2° 31′ 37″ west

Elevation

912 feet (278 metres)

Open location code

9C6VFFCF+J7

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3660717265

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

13273974

Wikidata ID

Q7638915

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Sunbiggin”. Photo: Dave Dunford, CC BY-SA 2.0.