<< Our Photo Pages >> Castle Howe (Little Langdale) - Hillfort in England in Cumbria
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Castle Howe (Little Langdale)Country: England County: Cumbria Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Ambleside Nearest Village: Chapel Stile
Map Ref: NY29730328 Landranger Map Number: 89
Latitude: 54.420082N Longitude: 3.084442W
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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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1 | Awful |
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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 |
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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 |
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It also would lead eastwards towards Little Langdale and south to Coniston and the Furness Fells. Wrynose Pass became part of the Roman Road serving troops who were stationed at Hardknott Fort (Mediobogdum).
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Note: Mountains of Meaning? The boulder cairns of the Central Cumbrian Mountains by Peter Style. Beautifully photographed and full of diagrams exploring these enigmatic momuments, including several around Castle Howe
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