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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Elvaplain Alternative Name: Elva PlainCountry: England County: Cumbria Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Cockermouth Nearest Village: Sethmurthy
Map Ref: NY1770131716 Landranger Map Number: 89
Latitude: 54.673762N Longitude: 3.277736W
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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Anne T saw from a distance on 29th May 2016 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Elvaplain Stone Circle, Setmurthy, Cumbria: After having seen the tumulus and settlements at Aughertree Fell we set off for Elva Hill. With a stunning image on the Visit Cumbria website, which told us this although this stone circle was on private land, it could be approached by a footpath, we found Elva Plain farm and the footpath up to Elva Hill easily enough. With well kept sheep and their large lambs, we enjoyed the sunshine as we walked up the hill. But, and there was a big BUT - the farmer had tied the gates up so strongly with thick twine it was like trying to untie the Gordian knot. With four gates to get through, and some of them wired shut, we could only see this stone circle from afar. Frustrating. If the farmer had been around, I would have asked (nicely) for access to the field. Whilst the stones are largely flat and just visible above ground (between the sheep!), this stone circle is in a stunning location, looking out over Bassenthwaite Lake in the valley to the south west and the fells beyond. Elva Hill (now quarried) lies to the north.
kthdsn saw from a distance on 9th Aug 2014 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 We couldn't find the right footpath to enter the field, but we saw the circle from further up the hillside.
emerald visited on 1st Jan 2005 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Found this circle on a local map and decided to visit, it takes a bit of working out where it is as it is not visible feom thw road and getting through a few fieks of nosy cows tongwt there was an adventure in itself. I loved it there though- great energies although many stones seem to be missing
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 4 Access: 3.67
For more information see Pastscape Monument No. 9471, an extract from which reads: "A large regular stone circle of 15 pink granite boulders located on a relatively level terrace on the southern slopes of Elva Hill. The arrangement of stones forms an almost perfect circle with an internal diameter of 33.5m. The 15 stones are all that remain visible of an original number of about 30; of these, those in the NE quadrant are level with the ground, one on the east side has recently become partly buried, and the remainder of the stones have fallen, with the possible exception of the stone due west of centre which stands to a height of 0.7m. Excavation of other stone circles suggest that they range in date from the Late Neolithic to the Middle Bronze Age (c.2400-1000 BC). "
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