The Sitting Stone
The Sitting Stone is a work of art in Cumbria, North West England, England. The Sitting Stone is situated nearby to the deciduous forest Auterstone Wood, as well as near Lock Bank reservoir.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Arthur’s Pike and Bonscale Pike.
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.
Bonscale Pike
Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bonscale Pike is a fell in the English Lake District, standing above Howtown on Ullswater. It is the northern end of a spur running north north west from Loadpot Hill on the main ridge of the Far Eastern Fells.
The Cockpit stone circle and seven adjacent clearance cairns, Moor Divock
Archaeological site
Photo: Gpwitteveen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Cockpit stone circle and seven adjacent clearance cairns, Moor Divock is an archaeological site, which is situated 1½ miles east of The Sitting Stone.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Watermillock and Howtown.
Watermillock
Village
Photo: Bob Jenkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Watermillock is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Matterdale, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England.
Howtown
Hamlet
Photo: David Pickersgill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Howtown is a hamlet in Cumbria, England, situated at a small harbour on the east shore of Ullswater in the Lake District. It lies within the civil parish of Martindale. Howtown is situated 1½ miles southwest of The Sitting Stone.
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 2 miles north of The Sitting Stone.
The Sitting Stone
- Type: Work of art
- Category: tourism
- Location: Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.58558° or 54° 35′ 8″ northLongitude
-2.83429° or 2° 50′ 4″ westOpen location code
9C6VH5P8+67OpenStreetMap ID
node 9881931902OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artwork
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Highlights include Auterstone Wood and Lock Bank reservoir.
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