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Stone circle NW of Seascale How Farm is a prehistoric ritual monument of Bronze Age date located in Cumberland. The circle comprises a ring of upright stones set in the landscape, representing the type of ceremonial or astronomical alignment structure characteristic of the second millennium BCE. Such monuments typically served functions related to communal gatherings, celestial observation, or ritual practice among Bronze Age communities. The site remains an important archaeological record of prehistoric settlement and belief systems in the Lake District region.
Stone circle NW of Seascale How Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007159. View the official record →
Stone circle NW of Seascale How Farm is a prehistoric ritual monument of Bronze Age date located in Cumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007159.
Stone circle NW of Seascale How Farm is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1007159.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including High cross in St Mary's churchyard (4.1 km), Two high cross shafts in St Bridget's churchyard (4.1 km), Calder Abbey (4.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Stone circle NW of Seascale How Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Stone circle NW of Seascale How Farm stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.