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Askerton Park
Trip No.69 Entry No.1 Date Added: 5th May 2018
Site Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Apr 2018. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Askerton Park submitted by Anne T on 5th May 2018. Right in the middle of the settlement and just a little to its eastern side, there is a wide stoney bank which looks as if this may have been part of the main dwelling described in the Pastscape record. All around here the moles had been very active, and many shards of pottery had come to the surface.
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Log Text: Askerton Park Settlement: This is marked on the OS map, so we stopped at the northern end of Parkgate Bridge, where there is room to pull off the road and put on our wellies. We let ourselves in through the gate and tramped over the fields, entering the settlement from its north eastern side.
This settlement is fascinating, as its basically on a promontory between the Cam Back and Melefarm beck. Hollow ways run from the eastern part of the settlement to the Cam Beck, and there is another hollow way which picks up almost half way across the settlement, leading to Cam Beck. Following the latter trackway to the burn, there are the obvious remains of a cairn.
It was really interesting walking across the tops of the enclosure banks, which stood out a brighter green with shorter grass than the surrounding wheat-coloured taller stalks. There were lots of stones in the banks. The moles had had a field day, and I picked up a couple of the many pieces of pottery that had come to the surface of a mole hill (I wasn't certain they were pots until I got home and saw the inclusions and felt the lightness of the pot as opposed to some odd shaped stones).
Towerbrae Cairn
Trip No.69 Entry No.2 Date Added: 5th May 2018
Site Type: Cairn
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Saw from a distance on 23rd Apr 2018. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 3 Access 4
Towerbrae Cairn submitted by Anne T on 5th May 2018. This very blurry photograph was taken from the road just north of Luke's Cottage. We had planned to walk up to the cairn, but moments later a heavy downpour sent us up to the Bewcastle Cross instead.
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Log Text: Towerbrae Cairn, Near Bewcastle: We stopped on the road to St. Cuthbert's, Bewcastle to find out how to walk to this cairn, which was basically up a quad bike track just south of Luke's Cottage. As there was nowhere near to park on a grass verge, we decided to go onto try and find Priest's Well at Bewcastle and stop on the way back.
The weather intervened, and a heavy downpour and heavy black clouds stopped us from doing this walk, but we will come back again.
The cairn is highly visible in the landscape. Apparently there is a modern marker on the cairn, and I'd like to complete our trip by returning soon.
Priest's Well (Bewcastle)
Trip No.69 Entry No.3 Date Added: 6th May 2018
Site Type: Holy Well or Sacred Spring
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 23rd Apr 2018. My rating: Condition -1 Ambience 3 Access 4
Priest's Well (Bewcastle) submitted by Anne T on 6th May 2018. This photograph was taken from the south eastern corner of the churchyard, the current landforms seeming to indicate that a spring once issued from here, disappearing into the Kirk Beck below.
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Log Text: Priest's Well, Bewcastle (site of): As the ground was far too boggy to go and see the three cairns to the west of Parkgate Bridge, I found this well marked on the OS map, so we decided to go and see it. Arriving at St. Cuthbert’s and the Bewcastle Cross, we orientated ourselves with the map to find the well is actually on private farmland. The farmer was busy driving around the field in his tractor, so we decided we could probably see the well from the eastern end of the churchyard.
We did see some indication of where the site of the well was, but there was no well housing or water flowing. I could find very little information on this well, apart from the mention in the Old Cumbria Gazetteer, which says it is a spring. As I finished photographing the site of where the well probably was, drizzle started to hurtle down.