Dewpot Holes

Dewpot Holes is a sinkhole in Askham, Westmorland and Furness, England. Dewpot Holes is situated nearby to Ring cairn on Askham Fell including The Cop Stone, as well as near the archaeological site Stone Circle.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ring cairn on Askham Fell including The Cop Stone and The Cockpit stone circle and seven adjacent clearance cairns, Moor Divock.

Ring cairn on Askham Fell including The Cop Stone

Stone

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Ring cairn on Askham Fell including The Cop Stone is situated 1,000 feet northwest of Dewpot Holes.

The Cockpit stone circle and seven adjacent clearance cairns, Moor Divock

Archaeological site

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The Cockpit stone circle and seven adjacent clearance cairns, Moor Divock is an archaeological site, which is situated 1 mile northwest of Dewpot Holes.

Lowther Castle

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Lowther Castle is a ruined country house in Lowther, Cumbria, England. The estate has belonged to the Lowther family, latterly the earls of Lonsdale, since the Middle Ages. Lowther Castle is situated 2 miles northeast of Dewpot Holes.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Helton and Whale.

Helton

Village

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Helton is a village in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the English county of Cumbria. It is about a mile south of the village of Askham. Circa 1870, it had a population of 180 as recorded in the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales.

Whale

Hamlet

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Whale is a hamlet in the Westmorland and Furness unitary authority area, Cumbria, England. Historically in Westmorland, it is about a mile south of the village of Askham. In the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72 it had a population of 53.