Saddleback Slate

Saddleback Slate is a stonemason in Threlkeld, Westmorland and Furness, England. Saddleback Slate is situated nearby to Threlkeld Quarry, as well as near the archaeological site Threlkeld Common Settlement.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum and Clough Head.

Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum

Museum

Photo: Ian Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum is a museum located in Threlkeld three miles east of Keswick, in the Lake District in Cumbria. It includes a quarry with a collection of antique machinery, such as locomotives and cranes, an underground tour of a simulated mine, a geological and mining museum, and mineral panning. Threlkeld Quarry and Mining Museum is situated 710 feet west of Saddleback Slate.

Clough Head

Peak

Photo: Charles Rispin, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Clough Head is a fell, or hill, in the English Lake District. It marks the northern end of the main ridge of the Helvellyn range and is often walked as part of the ridge walk.

Blencathra

Peak

Blencathra, also known as Saddleback, is one of the most northerly of the Cumbrian Mountains, in the English Lake District. It has six separate fell tops, of which the highest is the Hallsfell Top at 2,848 feet. Blencathra is situated 2 miles north of Saddleback Slate.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Threlkeld and Castlerigg stone circle.

Threlkeld

Village

Photo: Ian Capper, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Threlkeld is a village and civil parish in the north of the Lake District in Cumbria, England, to the east of Keswick. It is in the historic county of Cumberland.

Castlerigg stone circle

Locality

Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Castlerigg Stone Circle is situated on a prominent hill to the east of Keswick, in the Lake District National Park, North West England. In this period, the Lake District – a mountainous area in which Castlerigg is located – saw particularly high levels of Neolithic stone circle construction, with other similar examples including Swinside, Gamelands, Elva Plain, and Long Meg and Her Daughters. Castlerigg stone circle is situated 2½ miles west of Saddleback Slate.

Hutton Moor End

Locality

Hutton Moor End is a hamlet on the Hutton Moor Road in the north east of the Lake District in Cumbria, England. It lies within the civil parish of Mungrisdale and is known locally as 'Moor End' as it is at the end of the Hutton Moor on an old route-way between Penrith to Keswick. Hutton Moor End is situated 3 miles northeast of Saddleback Slate.

Saddleback Slate

Type: Stonemason
Category: workshop
Location: Threlkeld, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.6105° or 54° 36′ 38″ north

Longitude

-3.04062° or 3° 2′ 26″ west

Open location code

9C6RJX65+6Q

OpenStreetMap ID

node 13099176967

OpenStreetMap feature

craft=stonemason

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