Giants’ Graves
Giants’ Graves is an archaeological site in Halton Gill, Craven District, England. Giants’ Graves is situated nearby to the heath Dawson Close, as well as near the peak Fountains Fell.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: John Illingworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: round barrow in Halton Gill, Craven, England, UK
- Also known as: “Giant’s Grave” and “Round barrow known as Giant’s Grave, Pen-y-Ghent Fell.”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pen-y-ghent and Fountains Fell.
Pen-y-ghent
Peak
Photo: Tim Cook, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pen-y-ghent or Penyghent is a fell in the Yorkshire Dales, England. It is the lowest of Yorkshire's Three Peaks at 2,277 feet; the other two being Ingleborough and Whernside.
Fountains Fell
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fountains Fell is a mountain in the Yorkshire Dales, England. The main summit has a height of 668 metres and a relative height or topographic prominence of 243 metres and thus qualifies as a Marilyn.
Plover Hill
Peak
Photo: Tom Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Plover Hill is an area of moorland lying to the north of Pen-y-ghent in the Yorkshire Dales and connected to it by an unbroken area of high ground. Whilst the whole area is now "open access land", the main right-of-way footpaths come directly from the north off Foxup Road and directly from the south from the summit of Pen-y-ghent.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hesleden and Foxup.
Hesleden
Hamlet
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hesleden is a hamlet in Littondale in the Yorkshire Dales in England. It lies within the civil parish of Halton Gill in the county of North Yorkshire. Nether Hesleden is 1.1 miles west of Litton, and Upper Hesleden is a further 1.4 miles west, on the road from Halton Gill to Stainforth. Hesleden is situated 2 miles northeast of Giants’ Graves.
Foxup
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Foxup is a hamlet in the Yorkshire Dales in the county of North Yorkshire, England. The hamlet is near Halton Gill and Litton and is 13 miles north west of Grassington. Foxup is situated 2 miles north of Giants’ Graves.
Brackenbottom
Hamlet
Brackenbottom is a hamlet in Ribblesdale, near to Horton-in-Ribblesdale, North Yorkshire, England. The hamlet is the location of the headquarters of Bradford Potholing Club who own a bunkhouse in the village. Brackenbottom is situated 2½ miles west of Giants’ Graves.
Giants’ Graves
- Categories: cist, round barrow, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Halton Gill, Craven District, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.1559° or 54° 9′ 21″ northLongitude
-2.22071° or 2° 13′ 15″ westOpen location code
9C6V5Q4H+9POpenStreetMap ID
node 690905379OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q15857796
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In Other Languages
“Giants’ Graves” goes by many names.
- German: “Giants’ Graves”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Dawson Close and Dawson Close iron age settlement.
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