Romano-British and medieval settlement, field system, cord rig cultivation, cairnfield and round cairn on Barracker Rigg
17 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Free entryDogs welcome17 ha
Getting here
55.27157, -2.18554
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦44+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swallow and Tawny Owl
- ✦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
- 🐦44+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Swallow and Tawny Owl
- ✦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 — Swallow, Tawny Owl, Chaffinch +41 more · last seen 2025; Blanket bog — golden plover, curlew, dunlin and merlin
Free
Birds — Swallow, Tawny Owl, Chaffinch +41 more · last seen 2025; Upland heathland priority habitat
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Good match
Semi-improved grassland — butterflies and wildflowers; Insects — Clouded Buff · last seen 2018
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Moderate match
Plants — Heath Spotted-orchid · last seen 2022
Free
🏡Historic gardens
Moderate match
Historic site
Varies
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
St Cuthbert's Three Church TrailWalking route▾
Named routePoint-to-pointRegional walking route
2 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route1.9 km▾
Named routeRef 68Length 1.9 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
295 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
295 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springsummer
2025▾
Swallow · Tawny Owl · Chaffinch · Meadow Pipit · Willow Warbler +39
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2011
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2011
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2011
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2011
- SiskinSpinus spinus2011
- JackdawColoeus monedula2011
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2011
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2011
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2011
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2011
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2011
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2011
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2010
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2023▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Clouded Buff
- Clouded BuffDiacrisia sannio
Heath Spotted-orchid · Devil's-bit Scabious · Downy Birch · Field Horsetail · Barren Strawberry +2
- Heath Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza maculata
- Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2010
- Downy BirchBetula pubescens2010
- Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2010
- Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2010
- Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
295 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds44 species
springsummer
2025▾
Swallow · Tawny Owl · Chaffinch · Meadow Pipit · Willow Warbler +39
- SwallowHirundo rustica
- Tawny OwlStrix aluco2024
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- CurlewNumenius arquata
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2023
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- RobinErithacus rubecula2023
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
- LapwingVanellus vanellus2023
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2011
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2023
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2011
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2011
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2023
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2023
- House SparrowPasser domesticus2023
- RookCorvus frugilegus2023
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2011
- SiskinSpinus spinus2011
- JackdawColoeus monedula2011
- House MartinDelichon urbicum2011
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2011
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2011
- WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2011
- RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2023
- DunnockPrunella modularis2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- RavenCorvus corax2023
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2023
- NuthatchSitta europaea2023
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2011
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2011
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2010
🐸Amphibians1 species
summer
2023▾
Common Frog
- Common FrogRana temporaria
Clouded Buff
- Clouded BuffDiacrisia sannio
Heath Spotted-orchid · Devil's-bit Scabious · Downy Birch · Field Horsetail · Barren Strawberry +2
- Heath Spotted-orchidDactylorhiza maculata
- Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis2010
- Downy BirchBetula pubescens2010
- Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense2010
- Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis2010
- Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2010
2010
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2010Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis2010Events & activities nearby
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