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Shepherds' Cairn

📷 Geoff Holland · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Dogs welcome

Getting here

55.41408, -2.04745

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
  • ✦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

Good to know

  • 🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

4 activities

Wildlife

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Meadow Pipit, Skylark, Chaffinch +67 more · last seen 2024; Birds — Meadow Pipit, Skylark, Chaffinch +67 more · last seen 2024

Free

Heritage

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Pellia, Marchantia polymorpha subsp. polymorpha, Sweet Chestnut +1 more · last seen 2020; Plants — Pellia, Marchantia polymorpha subsp. polymorpha, Sweet Chestnut +1 more · last seen 2020

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
🚴

Cycling

6 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Pennine CyclewayCycling route
Named routeRef 68National Cycle Network
Main RouteCycling route2.4 km
Named routeRef 68Length 2.4 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route21 m
Named routeRef 68Length 21 mNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route10.2 km
Named routeRef 68Length 10.2 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route2.6 km
Named routeRef 68Length 2.6 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
Main RouteCycling route6.1 km
Named routeRef 68Length 6.1 kmNational Cycle NetworkOn-roadSurface asphalt
🐴

Horse riding

1 public path nearby

Public paths
Salter's Roadrestricted byway · 2.7 km
Public pathrestricted bywayLength 2.7 kmPath type: path

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Cairn on South Pike

📷 Geoff Holland · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Cairn on South Pike

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Ingram Farm: prehistoric to post-medieval settlement, agricultural and funerary remainsHistoric site3.9 km→✦Greaves Ash campHistoric site3.1 km→✦Round cairn 830m SSE of EwartlyHistoric site1 km→✦Univallate hillfort, Romano-British enclosed settlement and medieval farmstead, 224m north west of ChestersHistoric site2.1 km→✦EnclosureHistoric site2.1 km→✦Alnamsheles medieval settlement, 600m west of AlnhammoorHistoric site2.1 km→

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