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Submitted by nicoladidsbury on Sunday, 01 April 2007  Page Views: 16039

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Clifton Stones
Country: England County: Cumbria Type: Standing Stones
Nearest Town: Penrith  Nearest Village: Clifton
Map Ref: NY53132593  Landranger Map Number: 90
Latitude: 54.626318N  Longitude: 2.727474W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
5

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Anne T visited on 3rd Jul 2016 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Clifton Stones, near Penrith, Cumbria: These standing stones are only a short distance from Trainford Brow Long Barrow. There is a side road opposite Mount Clifton farm which allows for parking of one car on the grass verge. It was interesting crossing the A6 as cars sped along in both directions; however, sight lines were good. We followed the footpath through Mount Clifton farm (heavily mired with fresh cow dung). This path was gated, as they had a huge (but placid) bull in the barn yard with his ladies. The mire gave onto a tarmacked pathway leading to Tinkler’s Lane Bridge over the M6. It was then easy walking down to the field containing these two standing stones. With a brilliant view of the North Pennines to the east and the Lake District (complete with notch in the hills) to the west, these stones sit next to the very busy M6 with a view of Penrith to the north. Because of the acoustics on the day, the traffic noise was a distant buzz in the background. I was a little disappointed as the smaller stone had obviously fallen over in the past and been cemented into the ground. After enjoying the ambience for a while, we tried to see the Cairn Circle at Leacet Plantation. The first forest track we tried had a Lowther Forestry working locking the gate. We then tried at Chatburn Kennels and Cattery, but the fields were cropped and walking through them heavy going. Being late in the day we decided to retreat to go and see the Countess Pillar then home. We got beeped at by the owners of the kennels who had come down to dump their rubbish exactly where we had parked the car.

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Clifton Stones
Clifton Stones submitted by nicoladidsbury : Clifton Standing stones - the smaller stone is set in concrete. Plough marks are visible on its southern side. Buzzards were flying overhead, fantastic :) (Vote or comment on this photo)
A beautiful pair of stones, near to the village of Clifton. Access is quite easy, the path from the farm has been improved. A circular walk is possible from Clifton, taking the footpath via Clifton Hall, where you can visit a well preserved Peel Tower. The tower has been restored but apprears to have kept many of its original timbers. Very impressive!

The walk continues over the motorway, and through a number of fields on a very good path. As the route swings eastwards, the standing stones are clearly visible. In the corner of the field lies a very large mis-shapen stone. Could it be "The Hag" as mentioned on the OS map.

The walk continues eastward, and shortly a gate is reached to the left. Access to the stones is through this gate, then back over the motorway, up a hill and through a farmyard, and back to the village along the busy A6.

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Clifton Stones
Clifton Stones submitted by nicoladidsbury : Clifton Standing Stones taken from the field clearance - possibly one of these clearence stones is The Hag mentioned on the OS map (Vote or comment on this photo)

Clifton Stones
Clifton Stones submitted by enkidu41 : Cumbria NY 531259 (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Clifton Stones
Clifton Stones submitted by Anne T : Close up of the larger of the two standing stones looking south. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Clifton Stones
Clifton Stones submitted by Anne T : Close up of the smaller of the two stones. A third stone can be seen (by eye, not in the photo) embedded deeply in the grass to the east. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Clifton Stones
Clifton Stones submitted by Anne T : The Clifton stones looking towards Penrith. This photograph shows how the smaller stone has been re-bedded in concrete and how both stones lean.

Clifton Stones
Clifton Stones submitted by Anne T : The Clifton Stones looking east over the M6 towards the North Pennines in the distance.

Clifton Stones
Clifton Stones submitted by Bladup : Clifton standing stones.

Clifton Stones
Clifton Stones submitted by nicoladidsbury : Clifton Standing Stones - this stone lies closeby, its very big, and close to the area on the OS map marked as The Hag - its unusual shape of this stone could have earned it this title. Just a musing I picked up on from another website.

Clifton Stones
Clifton Stones submitted by nicoladidsbury : Clifton standing stones. A beautiful pair of stones, near to the villiage of Clifton. Access is quite easy, the path from the farm has been improved. A circular walk is possible from Clifton, taking the footpath via Clifton Hall, where you can visit a well preserved Peel Tower, which has been resorted but apprears to have kept many of its original timbers. Very impressive! The walk continues ov...

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Re: Clifton Stones by nicoladidsbury on Saturday, 31 March 2007
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Clifton standing stones
A beautiful pair of stones, near to the villiage of Clifton. Access is quite easy, the path from the farm has been improved. A circular walk is possible from Clifton, taking the footpath via Clifton Hall, where you can visit a well preserved Peel Tower. The tower has been restored but apprears to have kept many of its original timbers. Very impressive!
The walk continues over the motorway, and through a number of fields on a very good path. As the route swings eastwards, the standing stones are clearly visible. In the corner of the field lies a very large mis-shapen stone. Could it be "The Hag" as mentioned on the OS map. The walk continues eastward, and shortly a gate is reached to the left. Access to the stones is through this gate, then back over the motorway, up a hill and through a farmyard, and back to the village along the busy A6.
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