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Natural PlacesSite Name: Fairy Stone (Humphrey Head)Country: England
NOTE: This site is 5.89 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Cumbria Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Grange-Over-Sands
Map Ref: SD39157344
Latitude: 54.153156N Longitude: 2.93321W
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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Erratic Stone in Cumbria
Fairy Stone (Humphrey Head) is a large erratic boulder perched on a steep cliff on Humphrey Head shoreline. As with several nearby locations (Fairy Cave and Fairy Chapel) the Fairies are given credit for this geological curiosity. It is accessible at low tide by a c. 0.5 mile walk along Humphrey Head beach.
Directions: Halfway between Flookburgh and Grange-Over-Sands there is a minor road off the B5277 signposted for Humphrey Head. It is a narrow lane with few passing places. Cross the railway and bear L at the next fork onto Holy Well Lane. This road concludes at a rough car park at the foot of Humphrey Head.
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