Castlehowe Scar Stone Circle View all content for Castlehowe Scar

There was a whole lot of activity round here in the distant past, the massive works at Shap are two kilometers to the west and southwest, North takes us past Gunnerkeld and on through a string of sites that doesn't really end till you get to Broomrigg twenty miles away and starting here at Castlehowe Scar going south across Oddendale there must be a dozen sites left out of who knows how many, there is much to see and several days would be needed to see all that a twenty mile square has to offer. Ten large stones, three larger than the others from this now misshapen ring, one large stone has a long quartzy rib coiling round and over it, it's quite lovely. Another stone has a totally flat surface, pink and grey all of them. There is a rumour about another smaller ring in the same field, and a stone row in the next field south, I think we saw them and I at least found them unconvincing, the smaller ring seems in line with the row so it could just be an old field boundary. That said I bet time team turn up soon and find all that and much more. you see. The gate is still locked and getting more and more rickety with every winter and every climbing booted walker, that's us then. The trailer with a water container is still there and stood upon it we can look over the stones quite well.

Posted by postman 17th September 2012ce

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