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:
Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary at Crosby GillCow Green long barrowSmall stone circle on White HagMaulds Meaburn medieval settlement, part of its associated medieval open field system and a mill raceBowl barrow on Iron HillRound cairn on Howenook PikeRound cairn 300m west of Lyvennet BeckMedieval dyke system and shieling west of Shap AbbeyGunnerkeld concentric stone circleKing's Meaburn medieval settlement, part of its associated medieval open field system and Bessygarth WellBowl barrow 20m east of Ravens' GillBowl barrow 230m north-west of GiltsBowl barrow 70m west of Lyvennet BeckRound cairn 670m north-east of summit of Long Scar PikeCrosby Ravensworth churchyard crossRomano-British enclosed stone hut circle settlement and associated field system on Wickerslack MoorRomano-British settlement and Romano-British farmstead north-east and east of GiltsWindrigg Hill round cairn, 440m south of High MurberCrake Trees tower houseHardendale medieval dispersed settlement and site of medieval monastic grangeShap Stone AlignmentRound cairn 460m NNE of BroadfellBowl barrow 40m north-north-east of High HaberThree bowl barrows east of Ravens' GillMedieval shieling south of Cow GreenEwe Locks Romano-British settlement, Romano-British farmstead and two medieval shielingsBowl barrow 25m east of Ravens' GillRound cairn 320m north-north-west of Seal HoweRound cairn 35m east of summit of Long Scar PikeSkellaw Hill bowl barrowMedieval dyke: part of deer park boundary west of Cow GreenCow Green Romano-British settlement and medieval shielingEwe Close Romano-British enclosed and unenclosed stone hut circle settlements and associated field system, medieval farmstead and Wicker Street Roman roadRound cairn on Dale MoorMedieval dyke: part of deer park boundary south of Cow GreenMedieval dyke: part of deer park boundary north of Cow GreenBowl barrow on Wickerslack MoorHowarcles Romano-British settlementMedieval dyke: part of deer park boundary at Cow Green and two medieval shielingsSmall stone circle 220m south-east of Castlehowe ScarOddendale concentric stone circleShap large regular stone circleBurwens Romano-British settlement and associated field systemMedieval dyke: part of deer park boundary on Hazel Moor and two medieval shielingsKeld ChapelLyvennet bowl barrowRavens Gill Romano-British farmsteadShap Premonstratensian Abbey, including the precinct wall, abbey mill and mill race, and two fishpondsBowl barrow 70m south of Iron HillRing cairn north-west of Cattle HoweRound cairn 30m east of Wicker Street Roman RoadMedieval dyke: part of deer park boundary at Hollins Scar.
