Skellaw Hill bowl barrow
Skellaw Hill bowl barrow is an archaeological site in Shap, Westmorland and Furness, England. Skellaw Hill bowl barrow is situated nearby to Goggleby Stone, as well as near Thunder Stone.- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: bowl barrow in Shap, Cumbria, England, UK
- Also known as: “Hill of Skulls”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Michael and Scalebarrow Tarn.
Church of St Michael
Church
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Michael is situated 2,500 feet east of Skellaw Hill bowl barrow.
Scalebarrow Tarn
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Scalebarrow Tarn is situated 2½ miles west of Skellaw Hill bowl barrow.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shap and Keld.
Shap
Village
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shap is a village and civil parish located among fells and isolated dales in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. The village is in the historic county of Westmorland.
Keld
Village
Photo: John Darch, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Keld is a hamlet in the English county of Cumbria. It lies within the civil parish of Shap. On the banks of the River Lowther it is a mile southwest of Shap and falls within that village's civil parish, Shap Abbey is nearby.
Hardendale
Hamlet
Photo: Karl and Ali, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hardendale is a hamlet in the parish of Shap Rural in Westmorland and Furness, in the county of Cumbria, England, near Shap and junction 39 of the M6 motorway. It is also near the hamlet of Oddendale. Hardendale is situated 1½ miles east of Skellaw Hill bowl barrow.
Skellaw Hill bowl barrow
- Categories: bowl barrow, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Shap, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.53257° or 54° 31′ 57″ northLongitude
-2.68688° or 2° 41′ 13″ westOpen location code
9C6VG8M7+26OpenStreetMap ID
way 1163590677OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q1618654
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In Other Languages
“Skellaw Hill bowl barrow” goes by many names.
- German: “Hill of Skulls”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Skellaw Hill and Goggleby Stone.
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