Gaisgill

Also known as:
Raisgill Hall
Nearest town:
Appleby-in-Westmorland (15km NNE)
OS reference:
NY634059
OS sheet:
91
Latitude:
54° 26' 48.97 N
Longitude:
2° 33' 52.12 W
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Images

Image of Gaisgill (Ring Cairn) by Creyr

some pretty unexciting lumps and bumps in the foreground with some more impressive ones in the distance

Image credit: claire heron
Creyr
Creyr May 31, 2006

Articles

Gaisgill

stubob
stubob Jul 16, 2004

It’s a short climb up the hill opposite Raisgill Hall to the ring cairn, which is located above the old lime kiln visible from the road.
It’s a bit of an uninspiring site overall, but the views over to the Howgill Fells help it along.

Miscellaneous

Gaisgill
Ring Cairn
stubob
stubob Jul 16, 2004

Extract from Magic Map’s SMR
“A ring bank of turf-covered limestone rubble, between 4m and 6m wide and up to 1.2m high, with external measurements of 31m by 28m. It encloses a slightly oval internal area measuring approximately 21m by 18m. There is an entrance 5.5m wide on the bank’s north side.
Nineteenth-century quarrying within the ring cairn revealed a cist containing a skeleton together with bones associated with several secondary interments in close proximity”.

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