<< Our Photo Pages >> Hallin Fell - Cairn in England in Cumbria
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Hallin FellCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 0.756 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Cumbria Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Penrith Nearest Village: Howtown
Map Ref: NY435195
Latitude: 54.567552N Longitude: 2.875372W
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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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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 |
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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 |
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We visited Howtown via the steamer on Ullswater from Glenridding to walk Hallin Fell and part of Fusedale without the intention of looking at cairns and such knowing that the area further on at the end of High Street had lots of easily identifiable remains. The vegetation is high this year and so we were surprised to see cairns on Hallin Fell.
They are not so obvious as some we've seen but nevertheless it was an interesting walk. Many of the cairns have been 'modified' by walkers over the years but in the grass you can see the bases of them.
The summit Obelisk has a Victorian feel about it and seems to be built on a natural stone base.Maybe there was something there prior to this being erected as it has such a special view all around it.
The view from the summit is again worth the effort of walking up there and the cairn builders have picked good views.One striking view was down the length of Ullswater towards Penrith and the very prominent Dunmallard Hill settlement.
We looked for rock art and found a carving in a rock in the middle of the path which looked like an arrow pointing up to the summit.It may have been an O S Bench Mark however! Photographs to follow.
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