WalkLakes
Written on 25/03/12
by Paul Oldham
Two new short Lake District walks
We've got a couple of bonus walks from Beth and Jessie's last trip. These are short, in fact one's very short indeed, but they're both interesting:
Hawell Memorial
- Skiddaw Shepherd's Memorial is a short 1km stroll to the memorial erected to the Hawell family of shepherds who tended their flocks of Herdwick sheep on Skiddaw.
- Castlerigg Stone Circle is only a micro-walk but the stone circle is a fascinating thing to visit and wander around and is the nearest thing the Lake District has to Stonehenge. It was constructed as a part of a megalithic tradition that lasted from 3300BC to 900BC, during the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Ages.
We hope you enjoy them!
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Participants in these activities should be aware of and accept these risks and be responsible for their own actions.
Participants in these activities should be aware of and accept these risks and be responsible for their own actions.