Dewpot Holes

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

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lowther Castle and Heughscar Hill.

Lowther Castle

Photo: Burtonsi, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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.

Heughscar Hill

Peak

Photo: Bob Jenkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Heughscar Hill is a hill in the east of the English Lake District, east of Ullswater and north of High Street, Cumbria. It is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright's book The Outlying Fells of Lakeland.

Arthur’s Pike

Peak

Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Arthur's Pike is a fell in the English Lake District, near Ullswater. It is a subsidiary top on the ridge falling north from Loadpot Hill in the Far Eastern Fells. An extensive craggy face stands above the lower reach of Ullswater. Arthur’s Pike is situated 2½ miles west of Dewpot Holes.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Helton and Whale.

Helton

Village

Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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

Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.