thelonious
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Cairn on Hampsfell, Lake District
Dec 29, 2017, 11:04
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Merry Christmas everybody:-)
Anyone know anything about the cairns marked on the OS map on Hampsfell, Lake District? Just near the Hospice on top. Guessing just modern but I couldn't find anything about them online.
Link to OS map on Bing - https://tinyurl.com/y8t38d55
Couple of photos, weather was a bit rubbish for having a good look.
https://500px.com/photo/240622673/cairn-on-hampsfell-by-spaceways
https://500px.com/photo/240622637/cairn-on-hampsfell-by-spaceways
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Howburn Digger
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Re: Cairn on Hampsfell, Lake District
Dec 29, 2017, 14:15
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What is the significance of the word "Hospice" - do you know? Also what on earth is the square building or construction (casting a very substantial shadow on the aerial view) with the series of geometric blobs around it in a square configuration shown here at the summit?
https://www.bing.com/maps?osid=e0b65ae1-713f-40fc-8845-fb5d64daa994&cp=54.206627~-2.922248&lvl=19&style=h&v=2&sV=2&form=S00027
If it is a trig point it is a weird one.
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thelonious
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Edited Dec 29, 2017, 15:52
Re: Cairn on Hampsfell, Lake District
Dec 29, 2017, 15:18
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It's a stone shelter build by a vicar in 1846 for travellers across the fell.
Worth going just for that. The limestone on top is excellent as well.
https://www.visitcumbria.com/sl/hampsfell-hospice/
It looked quite something as we approached through the mist.
Odd that it's marked as a pillar on the OS 1:25000. No trig there just a bolt.
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drewbhoy
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Re: Cairn on Hampsfell, Lake District
Dec 30, 2017, 15:46
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thelonious wrote:
Any rock art nearby?
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thelonious
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Re: Cairn on Hampsfell, Lake District
Dec 30, 2017, 16:25
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Not that I know of Drew but I don't know the area well.
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