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✦ Historic site
Cairnfield including a prehistoric enclosure, 5 stone circles, 10 funerary cairns, 6 stone banks, 2 stone walls, a lynchet and a trackway on Burnmoor
61 ha
Getting here
54.41185, -3.27408
Best for
3 activitiesHeritage
Free86%Historic site with public access
Wildlife
Free75%Ancient woodland
Dog walks
Free72%Dogs allowed with public access
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km🚶
Walking
8
2 named nearby · 6 public paths
Named routePublic access
🚴
Cycling
2
2 named nearby
Named route
🐴
Horse riding
5
5 public paths
Public access
Named routes and paths nearby
Greendale and Middle Fell Walk, North Lakes Outdoors · Walking5.6 km
Lakes & Dales Loop · Cycling0
Scafell Pike via Hollow Stones Route, North Lakes Outdoors · Walking5.6 km
Eskdale TRail · Cycling0
About this historic site
Scheduled Monument
Wildlife to spot
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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
✓ Public accessFree 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
✦Hardknott Roman FortHistoric site4.6 km→✦Hardknott Roman fort, bath-house, parade ground and tribunal, 4 Roman roads, Roman quarries and 3 cairnsHistoric site4.7 km→✦Pike How prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system 320m south west of High GroundHistoric site4.8 km→✦White Moss Stone CirclesHistoric site200 m→✦Brat's Hill Stone CircleHistoric site200 m→✦White Moss Stone CirclesHistoric site200 m→