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Natural PlacesSite Name: Clovenstone Hill
Country: England County: Cumbria Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Kendal Nearest Village: Shap
Map Ref: NY5637706859
Latitude: 54.455234N Longitude: 2.674353W
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3	Reasonable but with some damage
2	Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1	Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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5	Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4	Short walk on a footpath
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A short distance southwest of Clovenstone Hill, on the Birbeck Fells above Bretherdale valley, lies the "Cloven Stone" which gives rise to the hills name. The Cloven Stone is a natural erratic boulder (~1.1m high x 1.8m wide) of Shap Pink granite which has come to rest on the native geology of this area.

The erratic is called the Cloven Stone because it is neatly cloven into three separate wedges, which once made up the whole boulder. This splitting is entirely natural and fault planes in the rock allowing this process are found on other Shap granite boulders nearby - although this stone is notable which is why the hill bears its name. The splitting must have occurred after the last glaciation which moved the erratic here - possibly during the periglacial frost action of the late glacial or Younger Dryas epoch.

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:

NY5606 : The rocky summit of Crag Hill (1317') with its small cairn by John H Darch — by John H Darch
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NY5606 : Crag Hill by Andy Waddington — by Andy Waddington
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NY5606 : Crag Hill by David Brown — by David Brown
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NY5607 : Site of shooting box, Birkbeck Fells Common by Karl and Ali — by Karl and Ali
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NY5607 : Birkbeck Common by David Brown — by David Brown
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