Castlehowe Stone Circle by munki-boy
Castlehowe Stone Circle
Castlehowe Stone Circle is in The Lake District National Park in England.
Castlehowe Stone Circle is very small but worth it if you’re monument bagging or passing by on a walk. The circle itself is by the side of a dry stone wall at the edge of a rather lumpy sheep field and doesn’t seem to attract much attention.
The small stone circles such as this one at Castlehowe are usually said to be from the later period of circle building.
Small stone circle 220m south-east of Castlehowe Scar
Castlehowe Stone Circle is a small stone circle located 220m south-east of Castlehowe Scar farm. The monument includes a circle 5m in diameter of 11 variably spaced boulders, 10 of which are rounded pink granite and one being hewn blue granite. The two largest stones are at the southern side of the circle. The westerly of these is hewn blue granite stone and this has fallen. The monument is not known to have been excavated.
Created: 27 November 2016 Edited: 29 November 2023
Castlehowe Stone Circle
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Local History around Castlehowe Stone Circle
There are some historic monuments around including:
Round cairn 460m NNE of BroadfellKeld ChapelHowarcles Romano-British settlementCrosby Ravensworth churchyard crossShap Stone AlignmentBowl barrow 70m west of Lyvennet BeckRound cairn 300m west of Lyvennet BeckWindrigg Hill round cairn, 440m south of High MurberHardendale medieval dispersed settlement and site of medieval monastic grangeRound cairn 30m east of Wicker Street Roman RoadRound cairn 35m east of summit of Long Scar PikeMedieval dyke: part of deer park boundary west of Cow GreenMedieval dyke: part of deer park boundary south of Cow GreenRing cairn north-west of Cattle HoweMaulds Meaburn medieval settlement, part of its associated medieval open field system and a mill raceSkellaw Hill bowl barrowEwe Close Romano-British enclosed and unenclosed stone hut circle settlements and associated field system, medieval farmstead and Wicker Street Roman roadRavens Gill Romano-British farmsteadMedieval dyke: part of deer park boundary at Cow Green and two medieval shielingsRomano-British enclosed stone hut circle settlement and associated field system on Wickerslack MoorThree bowl barrows east of Ravens' GillBowl barrow on Wickerslack MoorSmall stone circle 220m south-east of Castlehowe ScarRomano-British settlement and Romano-British farmstead north-east and east of GiltsBowl barrow 25m east of Ravens' GillBowl barrow 230m north-west of GiltsKing's Meaburn medieval settlement, part of its associated medieval open field system and Bessygarth WellOddendale concentric stone circleRound cairn 320m north-north-west of Seal HoweBowl barrow 20m east of Ravens' GillMedieval shieling south of Cow GreenLyvennet bowl barrowGunnerkeld concentric stone circleRound cairn on Dale MoorCow Green Romano-British settlement and medieval shielingCow Green long barrowSmall stone circle on White HagCrake Trees tower houseMedieval dyke: part of deer park boundary on Hazel Moor and two medieval shielingsShap large regular stone circleRound cairn 670m north-east of summit of Long Scar PikeBowl barrow 40m north-north-east of High HaberBowl barrow on Iron HillBurwens Romano-British settlement and associated field systemBowl barrow 70m south of Iron HillEwe Locks Romano-British settlement, Romano-British farmstead and two medieval shielingsMedieval dyke: part of deer park boundary at Hollins ScarMedieval dyke: part of deer park boundary north of Cow GreenMedieval dyke system and shieling west of Shap AbbeyShap Premonstratensian Abbey, including the precinct wall, abbey mill and mill race, and two fishpondsMedieval dyke: part of deer park boundary at Crosby GillRound cairn on Howenook Pike.
