High Crag

High Crag is a peak in Hawkshead, Westmorland and Furness, England and has an elevation of 515 feet. High Crag is situated nearby to the hamlet Barngates, as well as near Outgate.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wray Castle and Black Fell.

Wray Castle

Castle

Photo: CellsDeDells, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Wray Castle is a Victorian neo-gothic building at Claife in Cumbria within the boundaries of the historic county of Lancashire. The house and grounds have belonged to the National Trust since 1929.

Black Fell

Peak

Black Fell is a fell in the English Lake District. It rises to the north of Tarn Hows, between Coniston and Hawkshead.

Galava Roman Fort

Archaeological site

Photo: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ambleside Roman Fort is the modern name given to the remains of a fort of the Roman province of Britannia. The ruins have been tentatively identified as those of either Galava or Clanoventa, mentioned in the Antonine Itinerary.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ambleside and Windermere.

Ambleside

Photo: Mattbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Ambleside is a town in Cumbria. It is located at the head of Windermere, England’s largest lake, within the Lake District National Park.

Windermere

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Windermere is a town of 4,800 people in Cumbria. Tourism is popular in the town, owing to its proximity to the lake and local scenery. Boats from the piers in Bowness sail around the lake, many calling at Ambleside or at Lakeside where there is a restored railway.

Coniston

Photo: Tompage02, Public domain.

Coniston is a picturesque lakeside village in the Lake District National Park. Coniston sits next to Coniston Water, the Lake District's third largest lake is the home to many attempts at the world water speed record.

High Crag

Type: Peak with an elevation of 515 feet
Category: landform
Location: Hawkshead, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.3996° or 54° 23′ 59″ north

Longitude

-2.9953° or 2° 59′ 43″ west

Elevation

515 feet (157 metres)

Open location code

9C6V92X3+RV

OpenStreetMap ID

node 434303236

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=survey_point

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

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