Castle Crags, Mardale

Nearest town:
Ambleside (13km SW)
OS reference:
NY469127
OS sheet:
90
Latitude:
54° 30' 23.72 N
Longitude:
2° 49' 12.55 W
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Image of Castle Crags, Mardale (Hillfort) by GLADMAN

The stunning landscape setting of Castle Crags from a very hostile Harter Fell...........

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
GLADMAN
GLADMAN Mar 6, 2011
Image of Castle Crags, Mardale (Hillfort) by The Eternal

Castle Crags Iron Age hillfort, from Whelter Crags, on the descent from Low Raise.

Image credit: The Eternal
The Eternal
The Eternal Sep 25, 2005
Image of Castle Crags, Mardale (Hillfort) by The Eternal

The siting of Castle Crags Iron Age hillfort, Mardale, in its landscape. Haweswater stretches eastwards towards Shap.

In the foreground, the long-suffering Mrs.The Eternal grins and bears the rain and wind belting in from the west. Mr.The Eternal, the genius behind the camera, adds encouraging sounds, such as “Don’t be su bloody soft woman, it’s only a bit o’ watter.”

Image credit: The Eternal
The Eternal
The Eternal May 21, 2005

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Castle Crags, Mardale

The Eternal
The Eternal May 21, 2005

A univallate Iron Age hillfort, set above what was once the valley of Mardale. In the first half of the 20th C the valley was damned at Burnbanks, and flooded to quench the thirst of Manchester.

It occupies extensive views down the valley eastwards, towards Shap, and up to the dramatic valley head, thronged by mountains rising steeply.

It was excavated in the 1920s.

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