Shap
Stone Row
Bronze Age Stone Alignment
Shap, Cumbria OS Map Ref NY561149
OS Maps - Landranger 90 (Penrith & Keswick), Explorer OL5 (The English Lakes:
NE Area)
![]() The Goggleby Stone - looking north. |
![]() Aspers Field Stone - seen from the Goggleby Stone |
This collection of rocks
forms a rough southeast to northwest alignment that runs for about a mile and
a half from the south of the village of Shap, passing through the village itself
embedded in walls and standing in gardens, and ends in a field less than half
a mile from the River Lowther. English Heritage record 14 stones in the group,
some are free standing, others fallen or leaning, while the largest (The Thunder
Stone) is a glacial erratic but others have proposed several more - most of these
hidden among the buildings of the village. The locations of the stones given by
English Heritage are as follows: NY55171592 (Small Thunder Stone), NY55151574
(Thunder Stone), NY55551528, NY55551526, NY55841520 (Aspers Field), NY55921509
(Goggleby Stone), NY56051496, NY56301477, NY56611436, NY56591425, NY56741411,
NY56751410, NY56761409, NY56741409. All the stones are formed of a local granite
and several are marked - The Small Thunder Stone has a cup
and ring, Aspers Field has 2 cups one with a ring and the Goggleby Stone has a
single cup. |