Selside Pike

Nearest town:
Ambleside (13km WSW)
OS reference:
NY490111
OS sheet:
90
Latitude:
54° 29' 32.73 N
Longitude:
2° 47' 14.8 W
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Image of Selside Pike (Cairn(s)) by The Eternal

The watery autumn sun shines briefly through the gale, from whence we had come, illuminating Selside Pike Bronze Age cairn. Looking WSW.

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The Eternal
The Eternal Sep 25, 2005
Image of Selside Pike (Cairn(s)) by The Eternal

Selside Pike Bronze Age cairn, looking WNW, with the ridge we travelled earlier in the day on the mountain to the left. The mountain to the right is High Raise, with its own Bronze Age cairn on the summit. My mate, Pie Eater, sits within.

Image credit: The Eternal
The Eternal
The Eternal Sep 25, 2005
Image of Selside Pike (Cairn(s)) by The Eternal

Looking WSW into the modern shelter made from the Selside Pike Bronze Age cairn. My mate Pie Eater can be seen within, sheltering from the gale, supping tea, and pondering on the meaning of it all.

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The Eternal
The Eternal Sep 25, 2005
Image of Selside Pike (Cairn(s)) by The Eternal

Selside Pike Bronze Age cairn from Artle Crag on Branstree. Looking NE.

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The Eternal
The Eternal Sep 25, 2005

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Selside Pike

The Eternal
The Eternal Sep 25, 2005

“A Bronze Age round cairn; a circular mound of stones 10.5m in diameter and up to 0.5m high. The surface of the mound has been partly disturbed by construction of a modern shelter using stones from the cairn.” ADS.

This large cairn occupies the summit of selside Pike. We arrived there at the end of a long day on the fells around the head of Mardale. After many hours battling gale-force winds, mist, and horizontal rain, the weather eased off to heavy showers.
We sought sanctuary in the shelter that has sadly been made from the cairn. All around is nothing but grass, so the stones must have been carried up there.
It is a prominent site, with extensive views, including to the shap complex in the E, High Raise and Low Raise cairns to the NW, and the Four Stones Hill standing stones to the NE.

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