<< Our Photo Pages >> Gray Bull - Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature in England in Cumbria
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Natural PlacesSite Name: Gray BullCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 0.518 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Cumbria Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Kendal Nearest Village: Shap
Map Ref: NY5396209201
Latitude: 54.476066N Longitude: 2.711965W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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On approach it is visible from 3/4 kilometre away as a large angular block on the horizon, almost being mistaken for a small house.
Gray Bull is a glacial erratic of Shap Pink Granite, weathered, fractured and covered in turf and lichens, attesting to its considerable age. The name of the erratic may originate from the fact it looks strikingly similar to a large bull in profile, complete with head and eyes. It is massive at >2.5m high and >3.5m long and 3m wide.
It sits alongside a smaller boulder and a shallow pond.
On inspection of the surface features - it appeared there might be an intentional Stone Art 'cup' mark located left and beneath the eye socket, possibly carved also. The cup was circular and smooth compared to the rest of the erratic.
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