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

Castlehowe Stone Circle LiDAR Map

A LiDAR Map showing the area around Castlehowe Stone Circle

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Local History around Castlehowe Stone Circle

There are some historic monuments around including:

Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary west of Cow GreenRavens Gill Romano-British farmsteadRing cairn north-west of Cattle HoweRound cairn on Dale MoorMedieval dyke: part of deer park boundary at Cow Green and two medieval shielingsRound cairn 320m north-north-west of Seal HoweMedieval shieling south of Cow GreenBurwens Romano-British settlement and associated field systemRound cairn 35m east of summit of Long Scar PikeShap Premonstratensian Abbey, including the precinct wall, abbey mill and mill race, and two fishpondsKeld ChapelOddendale concentric stone circleHowarcles Romano-British settlementRound cairn on Howenook PikeRomano-British enclosed stone hut circle settlement and associated field system on Wickerslack MoorCrosby Ravensworth churchyard crossRound cairn 300m west of Lyvennet BeckRound cairn 30m east of Wicker Street Roman RoadShap Stone AlignmentRound cairn 460m NNE of BroadfellSkellaw Hill bowl barrowMedieval dyke: part of deer park boundary at Hollins ScarEwe Locks Romano-British settlement, Romano-British farmstead and two medieval shielingsEwe Close Romano-British enclosed and unenclosed stone hut circle settlements and associated field system, medieval farmstead and Wicker Street Roman roadKing's Meaburn medieval settlement, part of its associated medieval open field system and Bessygarth WellMedieval dyke: part of deer park boundary south of Cow GreenCow Green long barrowGunnerkeld concentric stone circleCow Green Romano-British settlement and medieval shielingRound cairn 670m north-east of summit of Long Scar PikeCrake Trees tower houseRomano-British settlement and Romano-British farmstead north-east and east of GiltsMedieval dyke: part of deer park boundary on Hazel Moor and two medieval shielingsMaulds Meaburn medieval settlement, part of its associated medieval open field system and a mill raceShap large regular stone circleBowl barrow 70m west of Lyvennet BeckSmall stone circle on White HagBowl barrow 70m south of Iron HillLyvennet bowl barrowBowl barrow 40m north-north-east of High HaberThree bowl barrows east of Ravens' GillWindrigg Hill round cairn, 440m south of High MurberBowl barrow 25m east of Ravens' GillBowl barrow on Wickerslack MoorBowl barrow 20m east of Ravens' GillMedieval dyke system and shieling west of Shap AbbeyHardendale medieval dispersed settlement and site of medieval monastic grangeBowl barrow 230m north-west of GiltsMedieval dyke: part of deer park boundary north of Cow GreenSmall stone circle 220m south-east of Castlehowe ScarMedieval dyke: part of deer park boundary at Crosby GillBowl barrow on Iron Hill.

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