Grimes Moor
Grimes Moor is a locality in Orton, Westmorland and Furness, England. Grimes Moor is situated nearby to the locality Tarn Moor, as well as near the hamlet Sunbiggin.Places of Interest
Highlights include Gamelands stone circle and Castle Folds.
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.
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.
Sunbiggin Tarn
Photo: John H Darch, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 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.
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.
Grimes Moor
Latitude
54.46227° or 54° 27′ 44″ northLongitude
-2.52379° or 2° 31′ 26″ westOpen location code
9C6VFF6G+WFOpenStreetMap ID
node 3660717245OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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