Stony Head
Stony Head is a farm in Orton, Westmorland and Furness, England. Stony Head is situated nearby to the hamlet Sunbiggin, as well as near the spring Kellsike Well.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Castle Folds and Gamelands stone circle.
Castle Folds
Archaeological site
Photo: Simon Ledingham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Castle Folds or Castlesteads was a Romano-British walled settlement on Great Asby Scar – an area of limestone pavement in the parish of Asby, Cumbria, England. Castle Folds is situated 1 mile northwest of Stony Head.
Gamelands stone circle
Archaeological site
Photo: C1614, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gamelands stone circle is a stone circle at the foot of Knott Hill in Cumbria, England. The stones are mostly made of red granite and some were buried and blasted in 1862. Gamelands stone circle is situated 1½ miles west of Stony Head.
Sunbiggin Tarn
Sunbiggin Tarn is a tarn near Sunbiggin in Cumbria. It is in a Site of Special Scientific Interest which also includes the surrounding moorland and limestone pavement of Little Asby Scar. Sunbiggin Tarn is situated 1 mile southeast of Stony Head.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sunbiggin and Raisbeck.
Sunbiggin
Hamlet
Photo: Dave Dunford, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sunbiggin is a hamlet in the civil parish of Orton, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England.
Raisbeck
Hamlet
Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Raisbeck is a hamlet in the civil parish of Orton, in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. The surname Raisbeck originates from the hamlet.
Kelleth
Hamlet
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kelleth is a hamlet in Cumbria, England, containing around a dozen houses and formerly a toy factory. It is approximately 19 miles from Penrith. It is in the Lune Valley, is situated next to the River Lune and is at an altitude of 750 ft. Kelleth is situated 2 miles south of Stony Head.
Stony Head
- Type: Farm
- Category: agriculture
- Location: Orton, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.47168° or 54° 28′ 18″ northLongitude
-2.52179° or 2° 31′ 18″ westOpen location code
9C6VFFCH+M7OpenStreetMap ID
way 346302151OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=farmyard
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