Friar Biggins
Friar Biggins is a farm in Crosby Ravensworth, Westmorland and Furness, England. Friar Biggins is situated nearby to the memorial Beacon Monument, as well as near the peak Beacon Hill.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gamelands stone circle and Castle Folds.
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 3,200 feet south of Friar Biggins.
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 east of Friar Biggins.
Beacon Monument
Memorial
Photo: Karl and Ali, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Beacon Monument is a memorial, which is situated 2,900 feet north of Friar Biggins.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Raisbeck and Sunbiggin.
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.
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.
Gaisgill
Hamlet
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tebay is a village and civil parish in Cumbria, England, within the historic borders of Westmorland. It lies in the upper Lune Valley, at the head of the Lune Gorge. Gaisgill is situated 2½ miles south of Friar Biggins.
Friar Biggins
- Type: Farm
- Category: agriculture
- Location: Crosby Ravensworth, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.47585° or 54° 28′ 33″ northLongitude
-2.56202° or 2° 33′ 43″ westOpen location code
9C6VFCGQ+85OpenStreetMap ID
way 354625497OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=farmyard
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