Iron Hill Stone Circle
Shap, Penrith
There are two cairn circles at Iron Hill - Iron Hill North and Iron Hill South. Iron Hill North has 19 low boulders around the base of a mound about one metre high in the centre. The stones are Shap granite, limestone and a dark igneous rock. A short distance away is Iron Hill South. Nine stones form a ring around the top of a low mound, with one stone about 2 metres outside the ring. Three other stones occupy the centre of the mound, with every stone but one being Shap granite.
Grid Ref NY 596147.
Iron Hill Stone Circle
There are two cairn circles at Iron Hill - Iron Hill North and Iron Hill South. Iron Hill North has 19 low boulders around the base of a mound about one metre high in the centre. The stones are Shap granite, limestone and a dark igneous rock. A short distance away is Iron Hill South. Nine stones form a ring around the top of a low mound, with one stone about 2 metres outside the ring. Three other stones occupy the centre of the mound, with every stone but one being Shap granite.
Grid Ref NY 596147.
Miles: 10
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