Boat How Settlement

Boat How Settlement is an archaeological site in Eskdale, Cumberland, England. Boat How Settlement is situated nearby to the historic site Peat Hut, as well as near Brat’s Moss.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Illgill Head and Burnmoor Tarn.

Illgill Head

Peak

Photo: Archie424, Public domain.

Illgill Head is a fell in the English Lake District. It is known more commonly as the northern portion of the Wastwater Screes. The fell is 609 metres high and stands along the south-east shore of Wastwater, the deepest lake in England.

Burnmoor Tarn

Photo: Steve Partridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Burnmoor Tarn, on Eskdale Fell in Cumbria, England, is the largest entirely natural tarns in the Lake District. Its waters flow into Whillan Beck at the tarn's north-eastern corner, which immediately turns south and flows into Eskdale, joining the Esk at Beckfoot. Burnmoor Tarn is situated 1 mile northeast of Boat How Settlement.

Eel Tarn

Photo: Michael Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Eel Tarn is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Boat How Settlement.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Boot and Eskdale Green.

Boot

Village

Photo: Steve Partridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Boot is a small village in Eskdale on the western side of the English Lake District. It lies within the civil parish of Eskdale, the unitary authority of Cumberland, and the ceremonial county of Cumbria.

Eskdale Green

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

Eskdale Green is a small village in Cumbria at one end of the Eskdale Valley. The hamlet of Boot has an old corn mill in the heart but wander south away from the mill to find the little old church by the river.

Nether Wasdale

Village

Photo: Peter Eckersley, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Nether Wasdale is a village in Cumbria, England, located in the valley and civil parish of Wasdale, near the River Irt and just over a mile to the west of the Wastwater lake. Nether Wasdale is situated 3½ miles west of Boat How Settlement.

Boat How Settlement

Type: Archaeological site
Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Eskdale, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.4184° or 54° 25′ 6″ north

Longitude

-3.27105° or 3° 16′ 16″ west

Open location code

9C6RCP9H+9H

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5041286044

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Boat How and Peat Hut.

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