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✦ Historic site
Great Grassoms prehistoric cairnfield, four funerary cairns, two medieval dispersed settlements and associated field systems on Bootle Fell
11 ha
Getting here
54.28384, -3.33272
Best for
2 activitiesHeritage
Free76%Historic site
Wildlife
Free75%Ancient woodland
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km🚶
Walking
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2 named nearby
Named route
Named routes and paths nearby
King Charles III England Coast Path: Whitehaven to Silecroft · Walking0
Cumbria Coastal Way · Walking298 km
About this historic site
Scheduled Monument
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🌱 Visiting this spring
- 🌸Ancient woodlands are famous for bluebell carpets in April and May — one of Britain's most spectacular wildflower displays
- 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
- 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best
Free entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
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Nearby places
Useful places within 5 km
✦Prehistoric cairnfields, field systems, hut circles and a farmstead on Corney Fell, 440m north west of Buckbarow BridgeHistoric site2.2 km→⛪St Michael's ChurchReligious grounds2.6 km→✦Prehistoric cairnfields, funerary cairns, ring cairns, hut circles, field systems and a medieval enclosed field system on Bootle FellHistoric site1 km→✦Swinside Stone CircleHistoric site3.8 km→✦Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, 230m south east of SwinsideHistoric site3.8 km→⛪St John the Baptist's ChurchReligious grounds3.6 km→