Hag Stones

Hag Stones is a locality in Barton, Westmorland and Furness, England. Hag Stones is situated nearby to the locality Askham Fell, as well as near Moor Divock.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Heughscar Hill and Lowther Castle.

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.

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 east of Hag Stones.

St Paul’s Church

Church

Photo: William England, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Paul’s Church is situated 1½ miles northwest of Hag Stones.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Helton and Pooley Bridge.

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.

Pooley Bridge

Village

Photo: Tony Peacock, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pooley Bridge is a village in the Westmorland and Furness of the northwestern English county of Cumbria, within the traditional borders of Westmorland. Pooley Bridge is situated 1½ miles northwest of Hag Stones.

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. Whale is situated 2 miles east of Hag Stones.

Hag Stones

Type: Locality
Categories: archaeological site and historic site
Location: Barton, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.59624° or 54° 35′ 46″ north

Longitude

-2.78825° or 2° 47′ 18″ west

Open location code

9C6VH6W6+FP

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5005080997

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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