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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Brat's Hill Alternative Name: Eskdale stone circle, Burn Moor
Country: England County: Cumbria Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Whitehaven / Barrow in Furness  Nearest Village: Boot
Map Ref: NY17370234  Landranger Map Number: 89
Latitude: 54.409776N  Longitude: 3.274612W
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.
 4 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.
 2 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
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Brat's Hill submitted by TheCaptain : Brat's Hill stone circle is a splendid thing, in a magnificent location. Seen here looking northeast towards Sca Fell (Vote or comment on this photo)
Brats Hill is the largest of 5 stone circles on Burnmoor, Cumbria, with an average diameter of 30.4m. It contains approx 42 stones that form an irregular circle and has 5 cairns within it, some of which are in good condition.

A couple of hundred meters to the north west of this circle are White Moss NE & SW stone circles. 300-400 meters north are Low Longrigg NE & SW stone circles. Burnmoor also has a cairnfield said to contain approximately 403 cairns !!!!

For more information see Pastscape Monument No. 9206 which describes the "Remains of three Bronze Age stone circles on Burn Moor; one now consists of 39 stones, the other two of 12, all contain cairns. 19th century excavation of one cairn uncovered a possible cist with a cremation and animal remains."

A further record, Pastscape Monument No. 9209 describes a further 2 stone circles nearby, centred on NY 171 027.
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Brat's Hill
Brat's Hill submitted by TheCaptain : Brat's Hill stone circle is a splendid thing, in a magnificent location (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Brat's Hill submitted by TheCaptain : Brat's Hill stone circle is a splendid thing, in a magnificent location. Great Gable and Sca Fell beyond (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Brat's Hill submitted by TheCaptain : Brat's Hill stone circle is a splendid thing, with remains of 5 cairns inside, one of which has a single standing stone. Great Gable and Sca Fell beyond (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Brat's Hill submitted by TheCaptain : Once up onto the plateau of Burnmoor, the rock outcrop known as the altar can be seen.From there the Brats Hill circle is just over to the east. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Brat's Hill submitted by LivingRocks : A Neolithic paradise, five stone circles and other remains situated close together in a vast cairnfield with spectacular scenery. The walk up from Boot whilst quite steep has stunning views, and anyone with an interest in the flora will find colonies of carnivorous sundews and butterworts growing right by the pathside, I’d recommend the drive in via the Wrynose Pass from Ambleside, the scenery i... (2 comments)

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Brat's Hill submitted by drolaf : it's not always a great view from Brat's hill, but this was the case then too. The upright stone in the inner cairn has toppled.

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Brat's Hill submitted by TheCaptain : Brat's Hill stone circle is a splendid thing, in a magnificent location. Seen here looking southeast

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Brat's Hill submitted by TheCaptain : Brat's Hill stone circle is a splendid thing, in a magnificent location. The two White Moss circles can be seen away to the north. (1 comment)

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Brat's Hill submitted by TheCaptain : Brat's Hill circle is a splendid thing, in a magnificent location.

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Brat's Hill submitted by TheCaptain : From the Brats Hill circle, looking back to the rock outcrop known as the altar.

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Brat's Hill submitted by TheCaptain : Once up onto the plateau of Burnmoor, the rock outcrop known as the altar can be seen. From there the Brats Hill circle is just over to the east.

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Brat's Hill submitted by Postman : First view of the circle, from on the mound.

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Brat's Hill submitted by Postman : That's Scafell in the beyond, and the small pyramid to it's left is Great Gable.

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Brat's Hill submitted by Postman : Brats Hill stone circle

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Brat's Hill submitted by Postman : From on the Alter rock, that's Scafell in the beyond

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Brat's Hill submitted by Postman : A perfect day at Brats hill stone circle.

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Brat's Hill submitted by Postman : The path back to Boot is just over the mound.

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Brat's Hill submitted by Postman : 24th September 2017

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Brat's Hill submitted by Postman : The largest of the five stone circles up here. (1 comment)

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Brat's Hill submitted by Postman : Central cairns

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Brat's Hill submitted by Postman : The central stone and hugging cairns.

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Brat's Hill submitted by Bladup : Brats Hill circle from the nearby outcrop.

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Brat's Hill submitted by Alphasmam : Brat's Hill approach from Boot. This is an imposing rock balanced on top of Brat's Hill on the skyline. Is it a glacial erratic or has the erratic been placed there on the highpoint?

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Brat's Hill submitted by Alphasmam : The bulk of Scafell from Brat's Hill stone circle. The most breathtaking view must be the Scafell Range from the circle. It wasn't a clear day so the image may be indistinct.

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Cairnfield and related sites on Burnmoor, Eskdale, Cumbria. May 2014 by Andy B on Wednesday, 02 July 2014
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Alphasmam writes: We visited Brat's Hill stone circle and the two White Moss Stone circles on our weekly walk.For anyone visiting Eskdale to look at the Bronze Age sites on Burnmoor, a trip to Dalegarth Station from Ravenglass on The La'al Ratty (Little Ratty) narrow gauge railway is a very pleasant way to begin the day.The train connects you from the Roman Port of Ravenglass to Dalegarth and Boot into Eskdale through woodland and mountain scenery.

Brat's Hill and White Moss circles [see the nearby sites list] are up a fairly steep track from the old mill in Boot itself but it is a shortish walk .Very soon we noticed we were walking between cairn after cairn on all sides. The path even takes you over cairns which are now waterlogged and in boggy areas. The views on the walk up to Burnmoor are wonderful. You can see a wide panorama of mountain peaks starting with Harter Fell, Bowfell and Crinkle Crags and eventually on reaching Brat's Hill a dramatic view of the great bulk of the Scafell Range.

The Brat's Hill and White Moss area is boggy moorland. The cairns are in close proximity to each other and it is estimated that there are over 400 of them in this one site.Some of the cairns seemed to be oval rather than round and ranging in size from what looked like 2 m in diameter to 10 m in length and about 1 m high.The ones round in shape were probably 2m to 7m in diameter and about 1m high. There are five stone circles although we only visited three.

Brat's Hill circle is large and we counted about 40 stones forming an irregular circle.The diameter of the circle is about 25 m perhaps more.There are 5 funerary cairns within this circle with 4 of them arranged around a prominent stone in the circle. I found it difficult to photograph the whole circle in one shot.I needed a wider angle. Nevertheless we spent a long while just looking.

In view and very close to the NW of this circle are White Moss E and White Moss SW stone circles. The former has about 11 stones forming the circle and apparently the cairn in the centre had funerary remains. The diameter is about 16m. The other White Moss circle has much the same diameter but has at least 14 stones that we counted and also has a funerary cairn in the centre.

South east of these circles there is quite an obvious linear wall or stone banking structure (photos supplied) and 2 white stick markers drew out eyes towards an enclosure or field almost rectangular in shape.(photo)
There were also short lengths of stone wall and what we thought was some sort of connecting trackway. I was totally taken with the sheer scale of all these stone features.

Unfortunately we didn't have time to go a little further North to look at Low Longrigg circles but we were told that they exhibit similar stone walls, trackways, stone circles and cairns of various shapes and sizes.
I learnt a new word which is "lynchet" meaning a large step cut into a hillside to form a flat area making farming easier.I believe we saw one south of Brat's Hill but we weren't sure.

To say that the features we looked at were Bronze Age the whole complex seems to have survived well.It seemed quite a well developed and well managed landscape which must indicate its importance in prehistoric times.
Again this place has atmosphere and wherever you stand there are 'special' views which must have held great significance in the placing of the monuments. A perfect location for travel between the great valleys and routes over the mountains and also with access to the sea. It surely was a very busy and vibrant place to live.

On a personal note I was the most moved by my first siting of White Moss E as it had a moody, 'fairytale' quality to it. As a textile artist I can see this is soon to be a work in progress.

I have tried to supply a variety of pictures to illustrate the related features where the circles are located.I didn't want to duplicate photographs you already have. Again the weather was dull and so hazy conditions

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