Great Asby Scar
Great Asby Scar is a locality in Orton, Westmorland and Furness, England. Great Asby Scar is situated nearby to the locality Asby Winderwath Common, as well as near Muddygill Plain.Places of Interest
Highlights include Castle Folds and Hollin Stump round cairn.
Castle Folds
Archaeological site
Photo: Simon Ledingham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Hollin Stump round cairn
Archaeological site
Photo: Karl and Ali, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hollin Stump round cairn is an archaeological site.
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. Gamelands stone circle is situated 1½ miles southwest of Great Asby Scar.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sunbiggin and Raisbeck.
Sunbiggin
Hamlet
Photo: Dave Dunford, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sunbiggin is a hamlet in the civil parish of Orton, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England.
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. Raisbeck is situated 2 miles south of Great Asby Scar.
Great Asby
Village
Photo: Bob Jenkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Great Asby is a village in Cumbria, England. Historically part of Westmorland, it is located approximately 15 miles south east of Penrith and approximately 5 miles south of Appleby-in-Westmorland. Great Asby is situated 2 miles northeast of Great Asby Scar.
Great Asby Scar
Latitude
54.48737° or 54° 29′ 15″ northLongitude
-2.53081° or 2° 31′ 51″ westOpen location code
9C6VFFP9+WMOpenStreetMap ID
node 1159033971OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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