Retail in Sleagill
There are great places to visit near Sleagill including some great hills, hiking areas, villages, ancient sites, ruins, old mines, waterfalls, rivers and streams, lakes, woodlands, towns, mountains, castles, historic buildings, historic monuments, caves, bluebell woods, nature reserves, disused railway lines, airports and islands.
Sleagill has some unmissable hills nearby like Cartmel Fell, White Pike (Seathwaite), The Knott, Broughton Moor, Catbells, Orrest Head, and Haystacks.
The area around Sleagill boasts some of the best hiking areas including Cartmel Fell, Coniston Coppermines Valley, Borrowdale, Styhead Tarn, Troutbeck, Orrest Head, and Wild Boar Fell.
The area around Sleagill features a number of interesting villages including Eskdale, Coniston, Seatoller, Troutbeck, High Borrans, Kentmere, and Brigsteer.
There are a number of ancient sites near Sleagill including Hardknott Roman Fort, The Hawk, Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, Castlerigg Stone Circle, High Borrans Romano-British Settlement, Mayburgh Henge, and Gunnerkeld Stone Circle.
Sleagill's best nearby ruins can be found at Bonsor East Mine Workings, Bonsor Dressing Floors, Penny Rigg Copper Mill, Appletree Worth, Stephenson Ground Limekiln (ruin), Water Yeat Limekiln (ruin), and Hebblethwaite Hall Gill.
Sleagill's best nearby old mines can be found at Penny Rigg Quarry Adit, Three Kings Mine, Tilberthwaite Gill Head Waterfall Level, Horse Crag Quarry, Tilberthwaite Deep Level Adit, Cathedral Quarry, and Parrock Quarry.
Sleagill has some unmissable waterfalls nearby like Tilberthwaite Gill, Rydal Falls, Hebblethwaite Hall Gill, Styhead Gill Waterfalls, Taylorgill Force, Aira Force, and Hell Gill Force.
There are a several good rivers and streams in the Sleagill area like River Lickle, Appletree Worth Beck, Styhead Gill, Crowdundle Beck, Aira Beck, Hell Gill, and River Kent at Kentmere.
Sleagill's best nearby lakes can be found at Tarn Hows, Thirlmere Reservoir, Derwentwater, Styhead Tarn, Windermere, Wastwater, and Ullswater.
There are a several good woodlands in the Sleagill area like Broughton Moor, Brigsteer Park, Cow Close Wood, Jeffy Knotts Wood, and Grubbins Wood.
Sleagill's best nearby towns can be found at Sedbergh, Bowness On Windermere, Ulverston, Penrith, Kendal, Ambleside, and Kirkby Stephen.
The area around Sleagill features a number of interesting mountains including Scafell, Blencathra - Hallsfell Top, Skiddaw, Hartsop Dodd, Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor], Place Fell, and Wild Boar Fell.
The area around Sleagill boasts some of the best castles including Brough Castle, Lowther Castle, Pendragon Castle, Lammerside Castle, Kendal Castle, Sizergh Castle, and Castlesteads (Lowther).
There are a several good historic buildings in the Sleagill area like Acorn Bank, Acorn Bank Watermill, Church of St Peter Askham, St Michael’s Church at Lowther, Lowther Mausoleum, Askham Hall, and Smardale Gill Viaduct.
There are a several good historic monuments in the area around Sleagill like Fairy Steps.
Sleagill's best nearby caves can be found at Cathedral Quarry, Fairies Cave, Holy Well Cave, and Buttermere Tunnel.
There are a number of bluebell woods near Sleagill including Cow Close Wood, and Jeffy Knotts Wood.
Places near Sleagill feature a number of interesting nature reserves including Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
There are a several good disused railway lines in the area around Sleagill like Smardale Gill Nature Reserve.
Sleagill's best nearby airports can be found at Barrow/Walney Island Airport, and Carlisle Lake District Airport.
There are a several good islands in the area around Sleagill like Piel Island.
Sleagill History
There are some historic monuments around Sleagill:
- Bowl barrow 70m south of Iron Hill
- Windrigg Hill round cairn, 440m south of High Murber
- Cow Green Romano-British settlement and medieval shieling
- Oddendale concentric stone circle
- Bowl barrow 70m west of Lyvennet Beck
- Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary on Hazel Moor and two medieval shielings
- Round cairn 450m south-east of Castle Folds
- Ewe Close Romano-British enclosed and unenclosed stone hut circle settlements and associated field system, medieval farmstead and Wicker Street Roman road
- Bowl barrow 40m north-north-east of High Haber
- The Old Kiln, Wetheriggs Pottery
- Round cairn 600m south-east of Gaythorne Cottages
- Roman road and enclosures SE of Frenchfield
- Burwens Romano-British settlement and associated field system
- Roman milestone, 180m north west of Spitals
- Hardendale medieval dispersed settlement and site of medieval monastic grange
- Settlement 1/3 mile (540m) ENE of Brougham Castle
- Stone circle 800m east of Wetheriggs Pottery
- Melkinthorpe medieval settlement, part of its associated open field system and the site of Melkinthorpe Hall
- Brougham Roman fort (Brocavum) and civil settlement and Brougham Castle
- Round cairn 320m north-north-west of Seal Howe
- Romano-British farmstead and a length of Roman road 800m south of Winderwath
- Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary south of Cow Green
- Castle Folds Romano-British defended stone hut circle settlement and medieval shieling
- Round cairn on Dale Moor
- Maulds Meaburn medieval settlement, part of its associated medieval open field system and a mill race
- Round barrow 150m east of Scarside Plantation
- Hollin Stump round cairn
- Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary at Cow Green and two medieval shielings
- Shap large regular stone circle
- Bowl barrow 25m east of Ravens' Gill
- Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary west of Cow Green
- Keld Chapel
- Ring cairn on Knipescar Common south of Inscar Plantation
- Long barrow on Trainford Brow
- Shap Stone Alignment
- Ring cairn north-west of Cattle Howe
- Round cairn 35m east of summit of Long Scar Pike
- Gamelands embanked stone circle
- Bowl barrow 60m south-west of Gaythorne Hall
- Gunnerkeld concentric stone circle
- St Ninian's preconquest monastic site, site of nucleated medieval settlement, St Ninian's Church and churchyard
- King's Meaburn medieval settlement, part of its associated medieval open field system and Bessygarth Well
- Crosby Ravensworth churchyard cross
- Kirkby Thore Roman Fort and Associated Vicus
- Bewley Castle, Crackenthorpe
- Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary at Crosby Gill
- Lyvennet bowl barrow
- Farmstead 700yds (640m) NNW of Redlands Bank
- Round cairn 460m NNE of Broadfell
- Friar Biggins monastic grange
- Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary at Hollins Scar
- Shap Premonstratensian Abbey, including the precinct wall, abbey mill and mill race, and two fishponds
- Ewe Locks Romano-British settlement, Romano-British farmstead and two medieval shielings
- Round cairn west of White Raise
- Medieval shieling south of Cow Green
- Romano-British settlement and Romano-British farmstead north-east and east of Gilts
- Medieval dyke system and shieling west of Shap Abbey
- Three bowl barrows east of Ravens' Gill
- Bowl barrow on Wickerslack Moor
- Bowl barrow on Iron Hill
- Round cairn on Howenook Pike
- Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary north of Cow Green
- Round cairn 690m south-east of Gaythorne Cottages
- Settlement 100yds (90m) SE of Sceugh Farm
- Round cairn on White Raise
- Howarcles Romano-British settlement
- Ravens Gill Romano-British farmstead
- Roman camp, 350m east of Redlands Bank
- Cow Green long barrow
- Small stone circle on White Hag
- Skellaw Hill bowl barrow
- Round cairn 30m east of Wicker Street Roman Road
- Round cairn 670m north-east of summit of Long Scar Pike
- Raise Howe cairn
- Roman marching camp 450yds (410m) NE of Brovacum
- Romano-British enclosed stone hut circle settlement and associated field system on Wickerslack Moor
- Bowl barrow 230m north-west of Gilts
- Crake Trees tower house
- Round cairn 300m west of Lyvennet Beck
- Small stone circle 220m south-east of Castlehowe Scar
- Buck Park deerpound
- The Countess Pillar
- Bowl barrow 20m east of Ravens' Gill
