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 30m east of Wicker Street Roman RoadCow Green long barrowHardendale medieval dispersed settlement and site of medieval monastic grangeKeld ChapelKing's Meaburn medieval settlement, part of its associated medieval open field system and Bessygarth WellShap Stone AlignmentBowl barrow 70m west of Lyvennet BeckSmall stone circle 220m south-east of Castlehowe ScarCrosby Ravensworth churchyard crossRavens Gill Romano-British farmsteadBowl barrow on Wickerslack MoorBowl barrow 40m north-north-east of High HaberEwe Close Romano-British enclosed and unenclosed stone hut circle settlements and associated field system, medieval farmstead and Wicker Street Roman roadRound cairn 300m west of Lyvennet BeckCow Green Romano-British settlement and medieval shielingCrake Trees tower houseRomano-British enclosed stone hut circle settlement and associated field system on Wickerslack MoorRound cairn 320m north-north-west of Seal HoweRound cairn on Howenook PikeMedieval dyke: part of deer park boundary south of Cow GreenBurwens Romano-British settlement and associated field systemMaulds Meaburn medieval settlement, part of its associated medieval open field system and a mill raceHowarcles Romano-British settlementEwe Locks Romano-British settlement, Romano-British farmstead and two medieval shielingsOddendale concentric stone circleShap large regular stone circleRing cairn north-west of Cattle HoweRound cairn 460m NNE of BroadfellBowl barrow 70m south of Iron HillShap Premonstratensian Abbey, including the precinct wall, abbey mill and mill race, and two fishpondsMedieval dyke: part of deer park boundary west of Cow GreenRound cairn 670m north-east of summit of Long Scar PikeGunnerkeld concentric stone circleBowl barrow 25m east of Ravens' GillMedieval dyke: part of deer park boundary at Cow Green and two medieval shielingsMedieval dyke: part of deer park boundary on Hazel Moor and two medieval shielingsSkellaw Hill bowl barrowMedieval dyke: part of deer park boundary at Hollins ScarBowl barrow 20m east of Ravens' GillBowl barrow on Iron HillWindrigg Hill round cairn, 440m south of High MurberThree bowl barrows east of Ravens' GillLyvennet bowl barrowMedieval dyke: part of deer park boundary at Crosby GillRound cairn on Dale MoorMedieval dyke system and shieling west of Shap AbbeyRound cairn 35m east of summit of Long Scar PikeMedieval dyke: part of deer park boundary north of Cow GreenSmall stone circle on White HagRomano-British settlement and Romano-British farmstead north-east and east of GiltsBowl barrow 230m north-west of GiltsMedieval shieling south of Cow Green.
