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✦ Historic site

Smithy Beck prehistoric cairnfield, charcoal burning sites, a bloomery and associated earthworks 1.97km WNW of Low Gillerthwaite

✦ Ancient woodland10 ha

📷 Tom Richardson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Getting here

54.52057, -3.35951

Best for

3 activities

Heritage

Free86%

Historic site with public access

Wildlife

Free75%

Ancient woodland

Dog walks

Free72%

Dogs allowed with public access

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

4

4 named nearby

Named route
🚴

Cycling

6

6 named nearby

Named route
🐴

Horse riding

4

4 public paths

Public access

Named routes and paths nearby

Lakes & Dales Loop · Cycling0
Lanthwaite Wood and Crummock Water Walk, North Lakes Outdoors · Walking6.4 km
Coast to Coast Walk (St Bees to Shap) · Walking0
The Valley of Cinders Walk, North Lakes Outdoors · Walking2.4 km
Main Route · Cycling
Main Route · Cycling

About this historic site

Scheduled Monument

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Waterfall Smithy Beck

📷 Tom Richardson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Waterfall Smithy Beck

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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
✦ Ancient✓ 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

✦Gillerthwaite and Dodsgill Beck medieval settlements, associated field systems and cairnfields 790m ENE and 370m north-east of Low GillerthwaiteHistoric site2.7 km→✦Woundell Beck medieval settlement, associated field system and cairnfield 890m west of Low GillerthwaiteHistoric site1.2 km→✦Shieling settlement close to the mouth of Scale BeckHistoric site4.5 km→✦Smithy Beck settlement 1.10km north-west of Low GillerthwaiteHistoric site1.1 km→✦Smithy Beck settlement: Latterbarrow longhouse 860m north west of Low GillerthwaiteHistoric site1.2 km→✦Prehistoric cairnfield 1.0km ESE of Low GillerthwaiteHistoric site2.9 km→