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Borrowdale Stone Monument
Trip No.155 Entry No.1 Date Added: 15th Jan 2020
Site Type: Standing Stones
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 12th Jan 2020. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Borrowdale Stone Monument submitted by Anne T on 15th Jan 2020. Some of the smaller boulders have been cleared and piled up around the base of these ancient yew trees. Certainly very impressive trees and very old indeed. Well worth a visit. Photograph by Andrew T.
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Log Text: Borrowdale Yews and the possible stone monument: Our first trip out for several months, and a way of escaping the windy and wet weather here in Northumberland. However, we arrived in a Cumbria that had experienced very heavy rain over recent days, and the small stream were swollen and many of the roads were flooded, although still passable.
We parked in the small car park near Seathwaite Farm, which is also a camping site and walked through the fields to the two bridges crossing the river(s). There are also a number of other streams to be crossed between here and the yew tree enclosure; at times of dry weather these would be easy to cross. On this occasion, a bit of balancing on convenient ‘stepping stones’ was in order!
The slope up to the yew tree enclosure was very slippery, so I sent Andrew up with the camera to explore. He came back saying the stones are definitely aligned in what seems to be a row, although I remained very sceptical, as there are a huge number of other boulders (large and small) on the hillside. Looking at the site from the south of river, by the car park, there seems to be the remains of the lower half of a double stone circle to the south west of the yew tree enclosure, although this could also just be coincidence.
This area was very heavily mined for graphite from 1555 onwards, and the remains of some of the industrial buildings can still be seen.
Sorry, but I remain unconvinced this is a stone row or alignment – there were so many other short rows of seemingly aligned stones on the hillside, this seemed like coincidence to me.
Bowder Stone
Trip No.155 Entry No.2 Date Added: 15th Jan 2020
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 12th Jan 2020. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Bowder Stone submitted by maigo on 25th Jun 2013. May2009
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Log Text: The Bowder Stone, Borrowdale: We parked in the car park (there is a small charge) and walked the quarter of a mile to this enormous boulder. The last time we came here, some time ago, we walked through the quarry and I remember photographing all the old tree roots emerging from the rock and forming strange and complex patterns. Not so now, a recent path runs uphill, following the western side of the boundary for the quarry.
As usual, there was a party of young people, complete with mattresses, bouldering underneath the overhang. It was amusing to stand and watch them, although some of the tumbles looked a bit painful.
Andrew headed up the ladder to the platform at the top, whilst I wandered round the other side of the stone, a megalith catching my eye.
Pocklington's Druid Stone
Trip No.155 Entry No.3 Date Added: 15th Jan 2020
Site Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 12th Jan 2020. My rating: Condition 4 Ambience 4 Access 4
Pocklington's Druid Stone submitted by Anne T on 15th Jan 2020. Pocklington's Druid Stone, a relatively modern megalith, having been erected here in around 1778, stands on top of a rocky outcrop just to the south of the Bowder Stone. This view looks south, with the B5289 and the River Derwent below.
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Log Text: Pockington's Druid Stone at the Bowder Stone: A short distance from the Bowder Stone, almost hidden from sight by a small cottage, this 'modern' monolith stands on top of a rocky outcrop high above the road below. At first, I thought it might be a memorial, as there appeared to be writing on the stone. Getting closer, the 'writing' was just striations on the stone.