Pike How prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system 320m south west of High Ground
14 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome14 ha
Getting here
54.36863, -3.27990
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Meadow Pipit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦75+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Carrion Crow and Meadow Pipit
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Carrion Crow, Meadow Pipit, Skylark +72 more · last seen 2025; Upland heathland — red grouse, merlin and short-eared owl
Free
Birds — Carrion Crow, Meadow Pipit, Skylark +72 more · last seen 2025; Upland heathland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Small Heath, Painted Lady +15 more · last seen 2025
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Mamillate Plait-moss, Leucobryum albidum, Little Shaggy-moss +108 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km5 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Lakes & Dales LoopCycling route▾
Named routeRef LDLRegional cycle route
Eskdale TRailCycling route▾
Named routeRef ETRLocal cycle route
5 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
✦Prehistoric hut circle settlement and cairnfield, three medieval settlements and associated field systems, and two shielings north of CrosbythwaiteHistoric site3 km→✦Barnscar prehistoric cairnfield, two hut circle settlements, field systems, funerary cairns, and a Romano-British farmstead, trackway and field systemHistoric site3.9 km→✦Cairnfield including a prehistoric enclosure, 5 stone circles, 10 funerary cairns, 6 stone banks, 2 stone walls, a lynchet and a trackway on BurnmoorHistoric site4.8 km→✦Prehistoric cairnfield, field system, two funerary cairns, a Romano-British farmstead, field system and a post-medieval haematite mine at Brantrake MossHistoric site1.9 km→✦Prehistoric cairnfield, hut circle settlement, field system, funerary cairn, and a medieval shieling on Birkby Fell west of Devoke WaterHistoric site2.1 km→✦Prehistoric cairnfield and linear boundary on Hesk Fell 800m north of Holehouse BridgeHistoric site4 km→ Events & activities nearby
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Wildlife to spot
1,726 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,726 records · National Biodiversity NetworkChaffinch · Magpie · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow · Swallow +41
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- SwiftApus apus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RavenCorvus corax
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
Adder · Common Lizard
- AdderVipera berus
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Striped Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Anoplotrupes stercorosus
- Striped LadybirdMyzia oblongoguttata
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2023
Mamillate Plait-moss · Leucobryum albidum · Little Shaggy-moss · Elegant Silk-moss · Common Tamarisk-moss +17
- Mamillate Plait-mossHypnum andoi2023
- Leucobryum albidumLeucobryum albidum2023
- Little Shaggy-mossRhytidiadelphus loreus2023
- Elegant Silk-mossPseudotaxiphyllum elegans2023
- Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum2023
- Pellucid Four-tooth Moss
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,726 records · National Biodiversity NetworkChaffinch · Magpie · Blue Tit · Carrion Crow · Swallow +41
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- MagpiePica pica
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- House MartinDelichon urbicum
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- NuthatchSitta europaea
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Herring GullLarus argentatus
- CuckooCuculus canorus
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- SwiftApus apus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- WhitethroatCurruca communis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- RavenCorvus corax
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2024
- Great TitParus major2024
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2024
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2024
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
Adder · Common Lizard
- AdderVipera berus
- Common LizardZootoca vivipara
🐝Insects3 species
summerautumn
2025▾
Striped Ladybird · Red-legged Shieldbug · Anoplotrupes stercorosus
- Striped LadybirdMyzia oblongoguttata
- Red-legged ShieldbugPentatoma rufipes
- Anoplotrupes stercorosusAnoplotrupes stercorosus2023
Mamillate Plait-moss · Leucobryum albidum · Little Shaggy-moss · Elegant Silk-moss · Common Tamarisk-moss +17
- Mamillate Plait-mossHypnum andoi2023
- Leucobryum albidumLeucobryum albidum2023
- Little Shaggy-mossRhytidiadelphus loreus2023
- Elegant Silk-mossPseudotaxiphyllum elegans2023
- Common Tamarisk-mossThuidium tamariscinum2023
- Pellucid Four-tooth Moss
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Tetraphis pellucida2023
Tetraphis pellucida2023
Creeping FingerwortLepidozia reptans2023Creeping FingerwortLepidozia reptans2023Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium2023Broom Fork-mossDicranum scoparium2023Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum2023Swan's-neck Thyme-mossMnium hornum2023Western EarwortScapania gracilis2023Western EarwortScapania gracilis2023Cape Thread-mossOrthodontium lineare2023Cape Thread-mossOrthodontium lineare2023Bruch's PincushionUlota bruchii2023Bruch's PincushionUlota bruchii2023RhododendronRhododendron ponticumRhododendronRhododendron ponticumCross-leaved HeathErica tetralixCross-leaved HeathErica tetralixWestern GorseUlex galliiWestern GorseUlex galliiTamarisk ScalewortFrullania tamarisci2023Tamarisk ScalewortFrullania tamarisci2023Moon-leaved PincerwortCephalozia lunulifolia2023Moon-leaved PincerwortCephalozia lunulifolia2023Waved Silk-mossPlagiothecium undulatum2023Waved Silk-mossPlagiothecium undulatum2023Greater Fork-mossDicranum majus2023Greater Fork-mossDicranum majus2023Rusty Swan-neck MossCampylopus flexuosus2023Rusty Swan-neck MossCampylopus flexuosus2023Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum2023Heath Plait-mossHypnum jutlandicum2023Beaked Bow-mossDicranodontium denudatum2023Beaked Bow-mossDicranodontium denudatum2023