Potter Fell

Nearest town:
Kendal (5km SE)
OS reference:
SD503988
OS sheet:
97
Latitude:
54° 22' 55.25 N
Longitude:
2° 45' 55.11 W
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Images

Image of Potter Fell (Stone Circle) by Creyr

Taken from the tumbledown stile above the circle, this shows how easy it is to miss! There it is in the heather front centre. Thats Gurnal Dubs tarn off on the left.

Image credit: claire heron
Creyr
Creyr May 30, 2006
Image of Potter Fell (Stone Circle) by Creyr

A couple of the stones and the view WNW to the Langdales

Image credit: claire heron
Creyr
Creyr May 30, 2006

Articles

Potter Fell

Creyr
Creyr Mar 2, 2006

NB. This site is of disputed antiquity.
Reported by Flint in TCWAAS 1960 vol 60 p201, but since dismissed as a cockpit. John Waterhouse includes it in the postscript to “The Stone Circles of Cumbria” saying “it does look very much like an early bronze age stone circle, and it would conveniently fill a gap in the distribution map of stone circles.”

This site is not particularly easy to find, even in winter when the vegetation is low. I managed to find it from the grid ref and a lot of mooching around in the heather. Here’re few pointers to make it a bit easier:

Park at the bottom of the fell lane at SD505978. Follow the lane up to the top out into the open pasture. Keep roughly the same distance away from the fence on your right as you head for the highest land. Come to the wall at the highest point where there is a very ruined stile. It is possible to cross over the wall here without damage to self or wall. Look for noticeable large rock to right, the circle is in the heather between you and the rock.

The site consists of about 20 low stones in a circle of approximately 20m diameter (according to Waterhouse but it felt smaller to me and I didn’t check it).

Despite the disputed antiquity of this site, I reckon it has the right ‘feel’ whatever that means, and the setting is perfect – a stunning panorama taking in the howgills, Morecambe Bay and the Langdales.

This is definitely one to check out before passing judgement.

Miscellaneous

Potter Fell
Stone Circle
fitzcoraldo
fitzcoraldo Jul 10, 2008

An almost overgrown circle of stones sited on a small natural ridge appears to be the kerb of a mound10-20cm high. How much of this mound is natural is unclear.

Prehistoric Monuments of the Lake District.
Tom Clare
Tempus
2007

Sites within 20km of Potter Fell

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