Styhead Tarn by munki-boy
Styhead Tarn
Styhead Tarn is in The Lake District National Park in England.
Created: 4 April 2021 Edited: 29 November 2023
Styhead Tarn Details
Styhead Tarn is a very small freshwater lake in Cumbria, situated at an altitude of around 437 meters and is shallow.
The shoreline of Styhead Tarn is approximately 0.582 Kilometers all the way round.
- Altitude: 437 m
- Shoreline: 0.582 Km
- Depth: Shallow
Styhead Tarn
Styhead Tarn LiDAR Map
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Local History around Styhead Tarn
There are some historic monuments around including:
Cairnfield south of Straighthead Gill, BurnmoorPrehistoric enclosure, hut circle and adjacent cairnfield east of Whillan Beck, BurnmoorRomano-British farmstead 200m west of Lambing KnottDale Head copper mine 300m north east of Dale HeadCairnfield including a funerary cairn, standing stone and three stone banks south of Eller How, BurnmoorLong Work 16th and 17th century copper mines, 400m north west of Waterfall ButtressDale Head copper mine dressing floors and associated buildings 400m north of Dale HeadBowl barrow on Brund FellBorrowdale graphite mines and associated grinding mill, 660m north west of SeathwaiteCairnfield including a prehistoric enclosure, 5 stone circles, 10 funerary cairns, 6 stone banks, 2 stone walls, a lynchet and a trackway on BurnmoorMaiden Castle round cairn, BurnmoorSt Thomas' Work Elizabethan copper mine 320m north west of Grey ButtressSlight univallate hillfort on Castle CragPrehistoric enclosure containing three hut circles and eight clearance cairns and an adjacent hut circle and cairnfield north east of Boat How, BurnmoorPrehistoric enclosure containing ten clearance cairns south west of Boat How, Burnmoor.Wildlife in and around Styhead Tarn
Styhead Tarn Birds
There are 95 species of birds recorded as found near Styhead Tarn.
| Black Grouse (Tetrao tetrix) |
| Blackbird (Turdus merula) |
| Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) |
| Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) |
| Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) |
| Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) |
| Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) |
| Buzzard (Buteo buteo) |
| Carrion Crow (Corvus corone) |
| Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita) |
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