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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Castle Crag HillfortCountry: England County: Cumbria Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Keswick Nearest Village: Grange in Borrowdale
Map Ref: NY249159
Latitude: 54.532783N Longitude: 3.162072W
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 |
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WindC visited - their rating: Cond: -1 Amb: 5 Access: 2 This place to me is just wonderful. It is steep, but taking rests you can see Borrowdale start to stretch out below, even if you just got 1/2 way up, you'd be glad you had.
There are coves, and many various slate compilations, some are in the photos posted, it appeared like a beehive of activity [though there was no one around].
I feel, that like me , they will all want to return to see how their slate structures are faring.
nicoladidsbury Linanjohn have visited here
The path up to the hillfort is steep and difficult, it climbs up though slate scree. I would not recommend this path to people with vertigo.
The views from the summit are out of this world, it is surrounded by majestic mountains, with Derwent Water glistening to the north.
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