Ring cairn on Askham Fell including The Cop Stone
Ring cairn on Askham Fell including The Cop Stone is a stone in Askham, Westmorland and Furness, England. Ring cairn on Askham Fell including The Cop Stone is situated nearby to the archaeological site Stone Circle, as well as near Stone Carving/Artwork.Photo: Gpwitteveen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Stone
- Description: archaeological site in Askham, Eden, England, UK
- Also known as: “Cop Stone”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Cockpit stone circle and seven adjacent clearance cairns, Moor Divock and Heughscar Hill.
The Cockpit stone circle and seven adjacent clearance cairns, Moor Divock
Archaeological site
Photo: Gpwitteveen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Cockpit stone circle and seven adjacent clearance cairns, Moor Divock is an archaeological site, which is situated 1 mile northwest of Ring cairn on Askham Fell including The Cop Stone.
Heughscar Hill
Peak
Photo: Bob Jenkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Heughscar Hill is a hill in the east of the English Lake District, east of Ullswater and north of High Street, Cumbria. It is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright's book The Outlying Fells of Lakeland.
Lowther Castle
Photo: Burtonsi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lowther Castle is a ruined country house in Lowther, Cumbria, England. The estate has belonged to the Lowther family, latterly the earls of Lonsdale, since the Middle Ages. Lowther Castle is situated 2 miles northeast of Ring cairn on Askham Fell including The Cop Stone.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Helton and Whale.
Helton
Village
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Helton is a village in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the English county of Cumbria. It is about a mile south of the village of Askham. Circa 1870, it had a population of 180 as recorded in the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales.
Whale
Hamlet
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whale is a hamlet in the Westmorland and Furness unitary authority area, Cumbria, England. Historically in Westmorland, it is about a mile south of the village of Askham. In the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72 it had a population of 53. Whale is situated 1½ miles east of Ring cairn on Askham Fell including The Cop Stone.
Butterwick
Hamlet
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Butterwick is a hamlet in Cumbria, England, near the village of Helton. Butterwick is situated 1½ miles southeast of Ring cairn on Askham Fell including The Cop Stone.
Ring cairn on Askham Fell including The Cop Stone
- Categories: archaeological site, historic site, and landform
- Location: Askham, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.58704° or 54° 35′ 13″ northLongitude
-2.78135° or 2° 46′ 53″ westOpen location code
9C6VH6P9+RFOpenStreetMap ID
way 516419238OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
natural=stoneWikidata ID
Q17643453
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