Giants‘ Caves Pillow Mounds
Giants‘ Caves Pillow Mounds is an archaeological site in Wharton, Westmorland and Furness, England. Giants‘ Caves Pillow Mounds is situated nearby to the peak Round Hill, as well as near Birkett Knott.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lammerside Castle and Pendragon Castle.
Lammerside Castle
Ruins
Photo: David Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lammerside Castle is a Grade II listed Medieval tower house in Wharton, Cumbria, England which has partial ruins existing today. Lammerside Castle is situated 2,400 feet northwest of Giants‘ Caves Pillow Mounds.
Pendragon Castle
Photo: Matthew Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pendragon Castle is a ruin located in Mallerstang Dale, Cumbria, south of Kirkby Stephen, and close to the hamlet of Outhgill. It stands above a bend in the River Eden, overlooked by Wild Boar Fell to the south-west and Mallerstang Edge to the east. Pendragon Castle is situated 1 mile south of Giants‘ Caves Pillow Mounds.
Birkett Tunnel
Tunnel
Photo: John Charlton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Birkett Tunnel is situated 3,700 feet southwest of Giants‘ Caves Pillow Mounds.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Outhgill and Kirkby Stephen.
Outhgill
Hamlet
Photo: John Illingworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Outhgill is a hamlet in Mallerstang, Cumbria, England. It lies about 5 miles south of Kirkby Stephen. It is the main hamlet in the dale of Mallerstang which retains the Norse pattern of its original settlement: a series of small hamlets and isolated houses, with no village centre. Outhgill is situated 1½ miles south of Giants‘ Caves Pillow Mounds.
Kirkby Stephen
Town
Kirkby Stephen is a market town and civil parish in Cumbria, England. It lies on the A685 and is surrounded by sparsely populated hill country, about 25 miles from the nearest larger towns, Kendal and Penrith. Kirkby Stephen is situated 2½ miles north of Giants‘ Caves Pillow Mounds.
Mallerstang
Hamlet
Photo: Oldfaw, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mallerstang is a civil parish in the extreme east of Cumbria, and, geographically, a dale at the head of the upper Eden Valley. Originally part of Westmorland, it lies about 6 miles south of the nearest town, Kirkby Stephen. Mallerstang is situated 3 miles south of Giants‘ Caves Pillow Mounds.
Giants‘ Caves Pillow Mounds
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Wharton, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.43404° or 54° 26′ 3″ northLongitude
-2.34316° or 2° 20′ 35″ westOpen location code
9C6VCMM4+JPOpenStreetMap ID
way 1062570048OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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