Cumbria and the Lake District

the Stone Circles guide

Cumbria is home to a quarter of the stone circles in England.

• Stone Circles
  • What are they?
  • The Circles
    • Birkrigg
    • Blakeley Raise
    • Burnmoor
    • Castlehowe Scar
    • Castlerigg
    • Gamelands
    • Grey Croft
    • Gunnerkeld
    • Iron Hill
    • Long Meg
    • Moor Divock
    • Oddendale
    • Swinside
  • The Henges
• The Romans
  • Hadrian's Wall
  • A list of Forts
• Border Wars
• The Castles
  • Appleby Castle
  • Brough Castle
  • Brougham Castle
  • Carlisle Castle
  • Dacre Castle
  • Dalton Castle
  • Egremont Castle
  • Hutton in the Forest
  • Kendal Castle
  • Muncaster Castle
  • Pendragon Castle
  • Penrith Castle
  • Piel Castle
  • Sizergh Castle
  • Workington Hall
• Church history
  • Carlisle Cathedral
    • Images gallery
  • Cartmel Priory
  • Furness Abbey
  • Lanercost Priory
  • Shap Abbey
  • The Dissolution

Burnmoor Stone Circle Cumbria

Welcome to the EDGE Guide to the stone circles of Cumbria.

Burnmoor
Nearest Town: Whitehaven.
Location: NY 1702, Sheet 89.

Above the village of Boot, off the road over Hardknott Pass and not far from Dalegarth Station the eastern terminus of the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway are five stone circles known collectively as Burnmoor.

Brat's Hill is the largest of them at 96ft/30m in diameter and is accessible from the path from Boot. Further up Eskdale Moor are the two twin circles of White Moss and Low Longrigg.

 

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