Long Cairn
Long Cairn is an archaeological site in Orton, Westmorland and Furness, England. Long Cairn is situated nearby to the peak Rayseat, as well as near Sunbiggin Tarn.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sunbiggin Tarn and Castle Folds.
Sunbiggin Tarn
Sunbiggin Tarn is a tarn near Sunbiggin in Cumbria. It is in a Site of Special Scientific Interest which also includes the surrounding moorland and limestone pavement of Little Asby Scar. Sunbiggin Tarn is situated 2,800 feet northwest of Long Cairn.Castle Folds
Archaeological site
Photo: Simon Ledingham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Castle Folds or Castlesteads was a Romano-British walled settlement on Great Asby Scar – an area of limestone pavement in the parish of Asby, Cumbria, England. Castle Folds is situated 2½ miles northwest of Long Cairn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brownber and Bowderdale.
Brownber
Hamlet
Photo: Karl and Ali, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brownber is a hamlet surrounding Brownber Hall near Newbiggin-on-Lune in Cumbria, England. Brownber is situated 1½ miles southeast of Long Cairn.
Bowderdale
Hamlet
Photo: David Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bowderdale is a hamlet in Cumbria, England, 6 miles southwest of Kirkby Stephen. It is also the name of a dale in the Howgill Fells, the valley of Bowderdale Beck which rises on the western slopes of Yarlside and flows 5 miles north to join the River Lune below the village of Bowderdale. Bowderdale is situated 1½ miles south of Long Cairn.
Sunbiggin
Hamlet
Photo: Dave Dunford, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sunbiggin is a hamlet in the civil parish of Orton, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England. Sunbiggin is situated 1½ miles northwest of Long Cairn.
Long Cairn
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Orton, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.45968° or 54° 27′ 35″ northLongitude
-2.489° or 2° 29′ 20″ westOpen location code
9C6VFG56+V9OpenStreetMap ID
node 5516463514OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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