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<< Our Photo Pages >> Iron Hill South - Stone Circle in England in Cumbria

Submitted by Tom_Bullock on Saturday, 17 July 2004  Page Views: 8311

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Iron Hill South Alternative Name: Harberwain
Country: England County: Cumbria Type: Stone Circle
Nearest Town: Shap
Map Ref: NY59641476  Landranger Map Number: 91
Latitude: 54.526506N  Longitude: 2.625111W
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
3 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.
3 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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TheCaptain visited on 19th Sep 2022 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Just to the south of the hilltop barrow can be seen a small circle of large boulders, with a few more in the centre which may once have formed a cist.

drolaf visited on 3rd Sep 2020 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 3 a very interesting site and location

Anne T visited on 7th Sep 2014 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Iron Hill South Cairn/Stone Circle, near Oddendale, Cumbria: Just 50 metres south of Iron Hill North Cairn/Stone Circle there is another monument, not far from a limestone scar (small modern quarry or crag?). It can be easily seen from Iron Hill North. Whilst we were looking at this monument, we could hear a party of walkers were coming down the hill towards us. With loud voices, one of the men was proclaiming ‘there’s a stone circle just over here’. Waving his GPS device as he approached us, we were quizzed about which was the cairn and which was the stone circle (both are marked as a cairn and a cairn circle on our OS map), then the walkers left without really taking a look. This amused me greatly, although I wished I had his GPS device. I couldn’t make up my mind as to whether this was a cairn or another stone circle; instinct said ‘cairn circle’ as there was a grouping of stones in the centre. After soaking in the atmosphere of this place, we left to go onto Oddendale hamlet, further south along the single track road, and effectively a dead end, to see Seal Howe cairn and the cairn circle nearby.



Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 4.33 Access: 3.67

Iron Hill South
Iron Hill South submitted by Anne T : First view of Iron Hill South when walking across from Iron Hill North (there is only about 50 yards between the two sites). Iron Hill South sites at the top of a limestone scar in the hillside, although can't really be seen from below. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Cairn-circle, with diameters 23 by 20 feet, Number of stones 9

There is no evidence that a relationship exists between this circle and the one to the N. The stones are quite prominent: the tallest is 4 feet. A low mound occupies the center, on top of which are 3 stones.

For more information see Pastscape Monument No. 11894 which tells us this is: "A sub-oval hummocky mound up to 0.3m high with maximum dimensions of 6m by 5m. There is a partial ring of seven rounded pink granite boulders, formerly part of a kerb that surrounded the mound, with two more similar boulders lying beyond the partial ring a short distance to the south-east. Four boulders scattered on top of the mound are thought to be part of a cist. Limited antiquarian investigation at this site located the bones of a man, part of a deer antler and animal bones; scheduled."
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Iron Hill South
Iron Hill South submitted by stu : NY596 148. The small, slightly odd circle of Iron Hill South. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Iron Hill South
Iron Hill South submitted by Horatio : Iron Hill South Circle (a cairn more). Human remains where found in this in the 1800's. This shows also Iron Hill North circle bisected by the the stone wall and the low scarp (not sure if its correct terminology) running from bottom centre to top right of the photo. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Iron Hill South
Iron Hill South submitted by TheCaptain : A small circle of large boulders, with a few more in the centre which may once have formed a cist. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Iron Hill South
Iron Hill South submitted by TheCaptain (Vote or comment on this photo)

Iron Hill South
Iron Hill South submitted by TheCaptain (Vote or comment on this photo)

Iron Hill South
Iron Hill South submitted by TheCaptain

Iron Hill South
Iron Hill South submitted by TheCaptain

Iron Hill South
Iron Hill South submitted by TheCaptain

Iron Hill South
Iron Hill South submitted by TheCaptain

Iron Hill South
Iron Hill South submitted by drolaf : oh, the western stone matches the shape of the hill peak on the horizon above it!

Iron Hill South
Iron Hill South submitted by drolaf : the western stone in a distinctive jagged shape, unlike the other rounded glacial boulders.

Iron Hill South
Iron Hill South submitted by Bladup : Iron Hill South.

Iron Hill South
Iron Hill South submitted by postman : The best view

Iron Hill South
Iron Hill South submitted by postman : The worst view imaginable

Iron Hill South
Iron Hill South submitted by postman : As seen from down hill to the west.

Iron Hill South
Iron Hill South submitted by vagabondnma : This is Iron Hill South (Ring Cairn - according to the OS) looking back towards Iron Hill North (a cairn - acording to the OS). It shows how prominent Iron Hill North was before the field wall as it was a high spot with great views.

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 61m N 350° Iron Hill North* Stone Circle (NY59631482)
 1.1km NW 305° Castlehowe Scar Stone Row* Stone Row / Alignment (NY5873615412)
 1.1km NW 308° Castlehowe Scar Stone Circle* Stone Circle (NY5874815472)
 1.2km SSW 211° Hardendale Timber Circle (NY590137)
 1.4km WNW 297° Castlehow Stones Stone Row / Alignment (NY584154)
 1.5km SSW 193° Kalmott cairn circle* Ring Cairn (NY59301333)
 1.6km SSW 196° Oddendale stone alignment* Stone Row / Alignment (NY5919113205)
 1.7km WNW 300° Thunder Stone (Castlehowe Scar)* Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature (NY5817615610)
 1.9km SE 132° Ewe Close* Ancient Village or Settlement (NY61021348)
 1.9km SSW 193° Oddendale* Stone Circle (NY59201291)
 1.9km SSE 161° Seal Howe Cairn 3* Round Cairn (NY6025312925)
 2.0km S 180° Seal Howe Iron Age/Romano British field system* Misc. Earthwork (NY5961612783)
 2.0km S 178° Seal Howe Cairn 2* Round Cairn (NY5969912781)
 2.0km S 182° Seal Howe* Cairn (NY59541272)
 2.5km SSW 213° St Anne's Well (Shap)* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (NY5829412700)
 2.5km SE 142° Ewe Locks* Ancient Village or Settlement (NY6112512794)
 2.5km E 88° Crosby Ravensworth Cross* Ancient Cross (NY6214314823)
 2.6km ESE 106° Crosby Ravensworth Stone Row* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (NY6212514022)
 3.0km NW 314° Cross Shaped Stone of Keverigg* Ancient Cross (NY5751916849)
 3.0km NW 314° Cross Stone of Keverigg Ancient Cross (NY57511687)
 3.1km WSW 251° Shap Avenue* Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (NY567138)
 3.1km SSE 165° Wicker Street* Cairn (NY60411173)
 3.2km WSW 242° Kemp Howe* Stone Circle (NY56801330)
 3.3km W 270° The Giant's Foot (Cumbria)* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NY5630014781)
 3.3km SSE 161° White Hag* Stone Circle (NY60721160)
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Re: Iron Hill South by drolaf on Sunday, 06 September 2020
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Just a pretty typical old collection of rocks i thought at first. Maybe one of the central stones was originally in the NE gap. All the stones are rounded boulders apart from the western one which is angular, and possibly mimics the hill on the horizon.

I didn't see the other smaller cairn further south. Oh dear i'll have to go back, what a shame (not!). Nice friendly locals.
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