Romano-British farmstead, hut-circle and co-axial field system 1.3km north-west of Ferneyrigg
2 ha
Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife✦Heritage
Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha
Getting here
55.15465, -2.07846
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Merlin 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
- 🐦78+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Merlin 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 — Merlin, Meadow Pipit, Carrion Crow +75 more · last seen 2025; Upland heathland — red grouse, merlin and short-eared owl
Free
Birds — Merlin, Meadow Pipit, Carrion Crow +75 more · last seen 2025; Upland heathland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Small Heath, Green-veined White +29 more · last seen 2021
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Creeping Thistle, Creeping Buttercup, Ribwort Plantain +190 more · last seen 2023
Free
Dogs allowed with public access
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Pennine CyclewayCycling route▾
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Reivers' RouteCycling route▾
Named routeRef 10National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route2.1 km▾
Named routeRef 10Length 2.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route3 km▾
Named routeRef 10Length 3 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route1.1 km▾
Named routeRef 68Length 1.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route5.6 km▾
Named routeRef 68Length 5.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
4 public paths nearby
Public paths
No named routes yet. Public paths are shown on the map.
Photos
Hut circle with heather embellishment?
Weather for this location
Next 14 daysNearby places
Useful places within 5 km
Wildlife to spot
1,723 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
1,723 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Merlin · Mute Swan · Cormorant · Mallard · Meadow Pipit +35
- MerlinFalco columbarius2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2022
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Great TitParus major2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- CootFulica atra2021
- DunnockPrunella modularis2020
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2020
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2020
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2020
Badger
Adder
Ringlet · Small Skipper · Common Carder Bee · Common Darter · Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary +14
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019
- Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2019
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2020
- Small Pearl-bordered FritillaryBoloria selene2019
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
Rigid Bog-moss · Pointed Spear-moss · Neat Feather-moss · Golden-head Moss · Hare's-tail Cottongrass +48
- Rigid Bog-mossSphagnum teres
- Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
- Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
- Golden-head MossBreutelia chrysocoma
- Hare's-tail CottongrassEriophorum vaginatum
- Flat-topped Bog-mossSphagnum fallax
- Blunt-leaved Bog-moss
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
1,723 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds40 species
winterspringsummer
2025▾
Merlin · Mute Swan · Cormorant · Mallard · Meadow Pipit +35
- MerlinFalco columbarius2024
- Mute SwanCygnus olor2023
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2022
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos2023
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2023
- WhitethroatCurruca communis2023
- WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2023
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2023
- Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus2023
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2023
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2024
- ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
- PheasantPhasianus colchicus2023
- CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2023
- SnipeGallinago gallinago2023
- StonechatSaxicola rubicola2022
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis2022
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea2022
- RavenCorvus corax2024
- Coal TitPeriparus ater2023
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus2023
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2023
- GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2022
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2022
- RobinErithacus rubecula2022
- KestrelFalco tinnunculus2021
- Barn OwlTyto alba
- Great TitParus major2023
- SiskinSpinus spinus2023
- JayGarrulus glandarius2023
- Red Grouse (scotica)Lagopus scotica2023
- BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris2022
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris2022
- CootFulica atra2021
- DunnockPrunella modularis2020
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2020
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2020
- Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2020
Badger
Adder
Ringlet · Small Skipper · Common Carder Bee · Common Darter · Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary +14
- RingletAphantopus hyperantus2019
- Small SkipperThymelicus sylvestris2019
- Common Carder BeeBombus pascuorum
- Common DarterSympetrum striolatum2020
- Small Pearl-bordered FritillaryBoloria selene2019
- Small TortoiseshellAglais urticae
Rigid Bog-moss · Pointed Spear-moss · Neat Feather-moss · Golden-head Moss · Hare's-tail Cottongrass +48
- Rigid Bog-mossSphagnum teres
- Pointed Spear-mossCalliergonella cuspidata
- Neat Feather-mossPseudoscleropodium purum
- Golden-head MossBreutelia chrysocoma
- Hare's-tail CottongrassEriophorum vaginatum
- Flat-topped Bog-mossSphagnum fallax
- Blunt-leaved Bog-moss
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
2019
2019
Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2019Small HeathCoenonympha pamphilus2019Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2020Red-tailed BumblebeeBombus lapidarius2020Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2020Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2020Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2020Emerald DamselflyLestes sponsa2020Common HawkerAeshna juncea2020Common HawkerAeshna juncea2020Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2020Common Blue DamselflyEnallagma cyathigerum2020Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019Green-veined WhitePieris napi2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Meadow BrownManiola jurtina2019Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2019Large SkipperOchlodes sylvanus2019Barred StrawGandaritis pyraliata2019Barred StrawGandaritis pyraliata2019Large HeathCoenonympha tullia2019Large HeathCoenonympha tullia2019Straw DotRivula sericealis2019Straw DotRivula sericealis2019Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata2019Common CarpetEpirrhoe alternata2019Sphagnum palustre
Sphagnum palustre
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