Castlerigg stone circle
Castlerigg Stone Circle is situated on a prominent hill to the east of Keswick, in the Lake District National Park, North West England. In this period, the Lake District – a mountainous area in which Castlerigg is located – saw particularly high levels of Neolithic stone circle construction, with other similar examples including Swinside, Gamelands, Elva Plain, and Long Meg and Her Daughters.Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- Type: Locality
- Description: stone circle near Keswick in Cumbria, North West England
- Also known as: “Carles”, “Carsles”, “Castle-rig”, “Castlerigg”, “Castlerigg stone circle and two bowl barrows”, “Druids‘ Circle”, and “Keswick Carles”
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest
Highlights include Low Rigg and Latrigg.
Low Rigg
Peak
Low Rigg is a small hill in the English Lake District a few miles east of the town of Keswick and slightly north of its larger neighbour High Rigg. Geologically, Low Rigg is a lens-shaped laccolith consisting of an intrusion of a fine-grained granite.
Latrigg
Peak
Photo: Mick Knapton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Latrigg is one of the lowest fells in the Lake District in North West England, but is a popular climb due to its convenient location overlooking the town of Keswick and the beautiful views down the valley of Borrowdale from the summit.
Castlerigg Manor
Community center
Photo: Jackregan, Public domain.
Keswick is a civil parish and a town in the Cumberland unitary authority area of Cumbria, England. It contains 51 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chestnut Hill and Great Crosthwaite.
Chestnut Hill
Suburb
Chestnut Hill is a suburb of Keswick, England, located along the A591 road. It contains the Nether Place Nursing Home and Claremont House, a 19th-century lodge which is an AA 4 diamond hotel.
Great Crosthwaite
Suburb
Great Crosthwaite is a suburb of Keswick in the Lake District, in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. Great Crosthwaite is situated 2 miles west of Castlerigg stone circle.
Applethwaite
Village
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Applethwaite is a village in the foothills of Skiddaw near Keswick in the English Lake District. It is in the county of Cumbria, and forms part of the civil parish of Underskiddaw, which has a population of 282. Applethwaite is situated 2 miles northwest of Castlerigg stone circle.
Castlerigg stone circle
- Categories: stone circle, archaeological site, bowl barrow, tourism, tourist attraction, and historic site
- Location: Keswick, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.60284° or 54° 36′ 10″ northLongitude
-3.09837° or 3° 5′ 54″ westOperator
English HeritageOpen location code
9C6RJW32+4MOpenStreetMap ID
way 32973419OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
place=localityOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limitedWikidata ID
Q1850757
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Castlerigg stone circle” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Cercle de pedres de Castlerigg”
- Chinese: “卡索力石圈”
- Esperanto: “Castlerigg (ŝtoncirklo)”
- Esperanto: “Castlerigg”
- French: “Cromlech de Castlerigg”
- German: “Castlerigg Stone Circle”
- German: “Steinkreis von Castlerigg”
- Hebrew: “מעגל האבנים בקאסלריג”
- Hebrew: “מעגל האבנים בקסטלריג”
- Irish: “Liagchiorcal Castlerigg”
- Italian: “Castlerigg Stone Circle”
- Italian: “Cerchio di pietre di Castlerigg”
- Italian: “Keswick Carles”
- Polish: “Castlerigg”
- Russian: “Каслриг”
- Spanish: “Castlerigg stone circle”
- Spanish: “Castlerigg”
- Spanish: “Circulo de Castlerigg”
- Spanish: “Círculo de Castlerigg”
- Spanish: “Circulo de piedras de Castlerigg”
- Spanish: “Círculo de piedras de Castlerigg”
- Spanish: “Cromlech de Castlerigg”
- Spanish: “Crómlech de Castlerigg”
- Spanish: “Keswick Carles”
- Ukrainian: “Кастлріг”
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Explore places such as Goosewell Farm and Brocklehurst.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Goosewell Farm Activities Centre and Keswick Climbing Wall & Activity Centre.
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