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TheCaptain visited on 20th Sep 2022 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 It’s a simple drive from Mayburgh up through Askham, then on to Helton and up onto the moorland plateau, with plenty of parking beside the road near to the Cop Stone. Boots on, map in pocket, water, sandwiches, camera and raincoat in bag, tracker set, then its off for my exploration of the Moor Divock sites. It's quite busy up here, with a constant stream of people walking and cycling past. First off is the Cop Stone, which is for some reason much smaller than I was expecting. Erosion has made a large depression around the stone, and I wouldn't be surprised if it was to fall over in the not too distant future. Despite thinking I had read that the ring cairn of which the Cop Stone is a part was now largely destroyed, it seemed to be fairly obvious to my eyes, so I took a walk around its circumference, and found plenty more stones sticking up above the heather, particularly in the western arc. I have to say, the Cop Stone does look good perched up here in this splendid place.

Anne T visited on 14th May 2022 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 The Cop Stone, Askham Fell: Our second visit to this area, which has a wealth of archaeological sites, and reminds me very much of Dartmoor (in places). The weather was gloriously hot, and with many other walkers on the moor, we joined the row of cars parked by the side of the road at around NY 49586 21586. Nothing much has changed about the Cop Stone since our last visit in 2014, although I was amazed at the number of people who just walked straight on by, without stopping. I had forgotten that the Cop Stone lies on the South Eastern border of a ring cairn, which has been described and illustrated by W. Waistell Taylor in his 1885 Antiquarian paper "Prehistoric Remains on Moordivock". Most of the stones in the ring are largely hidden, or just peeping above, the turf.

SandyG visited on 8th Sep 2017 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 4

Anne T visited on 28th Jun 2014 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 4 For a long time we've wanted to walk along High Street, the Roman Road, but the scramble up from Ullswater side was too difficult for me. My husband managed to identify another route, via the B road through Askham and Helton, then following the track past Outgang Farm and Heltonhead. There were other cars parked on the grass at the side of the road, so we joined them, and walked the 100 yards up to Cop Stone. This was just the start of our journey through this fascinating landscape; whilst there are obvious quarried area and shake holes, there are a wide variety of cairns and tumuli, with the footpath leading up past The Cockpit Stone Circle and High Street. The more we looked, the more there was to see. Well worth a visit, and easy walking.

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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.5 Ambience: 4.25 Access: 4

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