20-05-2008

Cumbria / Lake District Letterboxes

Here are some of the first boxes set up in Cumbria.  Clues to their location are published on a number of sites throughout the world.

All locations have been visited and are fairly regularly checked.

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1. LANGDALE - AXE FACTORY-VC,NY.272.067, Sheet 90. Top of Axe Factory 30° Pyramid of stones 180°  Small lone tree approx. 150p away on 2° Large barn of Stool Farm 157° Squarish rock on skyline 120° & approx. 30p away. Box in RHS of circular clitter just below another patch of circular clitter (scree).

2. LANGDALE - ROSSET GILL-PACKWOMAN-VC,NY.260.070, Sheet 90. Pike O Stickle 80°. Top of Rosset Pike 310° . Top tree just visible 260° sheepfold at bottom of Stake Pass 24°. Centre of stony gully just above track on opposite side 48° 5p above a very large obvious boulder with a small turf on top. Box tucked in beside a rock with zig zag edge facing Pike O Stickle. (The obvious boulder is very obvious and is the largest boulder in the valley).

3. LANGDALE - PIKE OF BLISCO / BLACK CRAG - The Needle - DS NY 274 037, Sheet 90 - Black Crag summit cairn 280° and 20 paces, Weatherlam 154°, Pike of Blisco 336°. Box under boulder / outcrop.

4. LANGDALE - Lingmoor Tarn (island) NY 302 051  Under stones on corner of small island on East side of tarn.

5. GRIZDALE- CARRON CRAG-RH,SD.325.943, Sheet 96. From trig go 70p 335° to large standing stone type boulder box 5p away under rock in small cave behind stones.     NEW STAMP LEFT - DECEMBER 2004

6. GRIZDALE FOREST - Forest of Grizdale ??? ???   Behind stone, under flat rock in deep gully between rocky slopes at the Wolves sculpture (1993).This will be found close to a green/white trail marker post.

7. GRIZDALE FOREST - Lizard No 1 - IG, -SD 345.952, Sheet 96. From the red sandstone fox walk 175 paces along the track on 120° to small quarry on right. Box is in back wall of quarry behind stones under loose jagged rock outcrop.

8. GRIZDALE FOREST - Lizard No 2 - IG, SD.344.924, Sheet 96. From the shortest of the seven stone towers in the Stone Forest - walk 18p on 190° to tree stump. Box under stone in roots.

9. GRIZDALE FOREST - Lizard No 3 - IG, SD 347.934, Sheet 96. From huge uprooted tree stump which has fallen across 'the wall that went for a walk' walk 50 paces south along the wall to just before a fallen tree across path. Box is inside wall at knee height.

10. GRIZDALE FOREST - Lizard No 4 - IG, SD 328 938, Sheet 96. From the Original Ancient Forester follow the forest track 105 paces on 210° to crossroads. Then 212 paces on 90° to two small fir trees on the left. Then 20 paces on 340° to small rock face. Box is hidden halfway down.

14. HELVELLYN-STRIDING EDGE-RH, NY.349.149, Sheet 90. Just after ascending High Spying How on the Edge find the Dixon Memorial on left. Box behind memorial 12p around corner on same contour until overlooking Nethermost Cove. Find small slanting rock between two large boulders. Box behind stones under smaller rock to right of slanting rock. Summit of High Spying How 88º.

15. HELVELLYN - SUMMIT - IG, NY 341 151, sheet 90 from trig point on summit walk 130p on 190 to a group of jagged vertical rocks. Box is tucked at the eastern end of 6ft long vertical rock behind some small stones.

16. WASDALE - SCAFELL PIKE-HIGHEST-MP,NY.217.072, Sheet 90. Box under 4’ finger rock at top end with lots of stones on top. Trig 46° & approx. 15p away.

17. WASDALE - SCAFELL PIKE-RH,NY.216.071, Sheet 90. From summit cairn go 170° to the most S cairn box 17p 172° from cairn under leaning rocks. Scafell 244°.

18. WASDALE - SCAFELL-FOXES TARN-RH,NY.205.068, Sheet 90. From Tarn go on 120° to a very large boulder on skyline then 10p 72° to a slanting rock. Box under rock behind stones. Scafell Pike 32°. - was waterlogged – replaced Dec '03

19. WASDALE  - Gt.GABLE - Napes Needle - RH,NY.209.100, Sheet 90. Find small grassy area below overhang on S side at base of Needle - now find small crevice on LHS approx. 4' up. Box behind stones. Note - To reach Needle involves taking the 'Climbers Traverse' across S side of mountain to the 'Gt.Napes' followed by an easy scramble to the Needle.

20. WASDALE - Gt. GABLE - Nightmare - KM,NY.210.103, Sheet 90. From memorial plaque on summit go 25p downhill on 324°. Box in small cairn.

21. BASSENTHWAITE - BARF - The Bishop - KG,NY.217.265, Sheet 90. Box in small cave at ground level. Solitary rowan (Wainwright NW Fells Barf 6 refers) bears 135° & is 60p away. Distant Catbells summit 165° Applethwaite 107°.  

22. KESWICK - CARROCK FELL - Wildlife Buzz -FP,
NY337.336. Summit Cairn 312º and 88 paces. Tall mast 70º. Skiddaw Little Man 231º.  Blencathra 199º. Under corner of flat triangular shaped stone that’s resting on partly buried stone with ‘v’ like shape cut out of the top.

24. KESWICK - SKIDDAW FORREST - MEAL FELL (COCK UP)-WW,NY.283.337, Sheet 90. Ranked 153 by A.Wainwright at 1770'. Box 66p 145° from larger shelter in small cave under 2' high upright rock.

25. KESWICK - SKIDDAW FORREST - ROUGHTON GILL MINES-RH,NY.302.343, Sheet 90. Find the lower of two adits (not the lowest) below the waterfalls on the Gill. Box is approx. 9 paces inside on ledge behind stones in small tail race.  Adit to true left of watercourse.

26. KESWICK - SKIDDAW FOREST - ????? ????? - RH, NY ??? ???, Sheet 90. "From the lower cairn - there is the best of all prospects of Skiddaw Forest - a strange silent wilderness" - 'Wainwright the Northern Fells'.  From the lower summit cairn walk 175 paces due west to 2 rusty iron posts lying in heavy clitter.  Retreat 25 paces uphill to a box behind stones in a natural hole.

27. KESWICK - SKIDDAW - VC,NY.268.278, Sheet 90. 35p down from highest point of fence by patch of prickly rocks. Group of trees at Skiddaw House 67°. Gate 334°. Rock point 114°. Site faces NE

289. KESWICK - WATCHES,  SKIDDAW – A&EA, NY 241 304, Sheet 90.
Box under NE end of 7’ high boulder. Tallest rock on the southern edge of the Watches is 45 paces and 214°. Footbridge over Southerndale Beck 72°. Ullock Pike 172°. HP Skiddaw 124°. Little Knott 87°.

30. KESWICK : GRISEDALE PIKE - SLEET HOW  'Curly' Fell Sheep -FP, NY.210.230. Causey Pike 162º. Catstycam 122º. Small island on Derwent Water 110º.  Fence/wall line going over Kinn 76º.  Cairn (not visible) 306º and 45 paces. 
Under middle corner of heather covered outcrop.

31. KESWICK : BINSEY : 'Fleecie' Fell Sheep on Binsey - FP, NY 225 356, Sheet 90. Box under heather covered rock. Nearest mast 50°, Cairn 281°, White House with semi circle of trees behind 354°, Trig Point 173° and appox 65 paces.

32. KESWICK : OUTERSIDE : 'Shaun' Fell Sheep on Outerside-FP, NY 212.215, Sheet 90, Barrow 82°, Catbells 123°, Sail Pass 219°, High Point Outerside 252°. Under small group of rocks 2 paces from larger flat rock

33. KESWICK : STILE END - Wildlife Prickles -FP ,NY.220.217, OS Landranger Sheet 90. Outerside 251° . Grisedale Pike 290° . Lone tree in Rowling End - Catbells V' 137° . HP Stile End 43° . In group of rocks under flat sloping rock which is left of triangular faced larger rock & 1p downhill from a meter long partly buried boulder.

34. KESWICK : STILE END - Wildlife Bonus 1 - FP, NY 2215 2216, Sheet 90. Stile End 198°, Outerside 236°, Blencathra 69°, Barf 355°,. Path from Kinn meets Sleet How ridge skyline 296°. In natural hole in the ground 1' 2" below the lower tip of the sloping outcrop and on the top right of a mostly covered rock. 

36. KESWICK - COLEDALE BECK- Sheep Bonus 1 - Scamp -FP NY204 213 OS Sheet 90. HP Kinn 42º, Highest Mine shaft 310º, Where the footpath to Coledale Hause meets skyline 270º, Eastern wall of sheepfold 353º and 30 downhill paces. Box is under the north end of a 2ft x 2ft low flat rock which is north and immediately next to a boulder that has a vertical north face and a v shape cut in the top edge

37. KESWICK - SCOPE - GB,NY.215.177. From the eastern bridge on the dam, go to square faced boulder up at 100°. Look under north side of adjacent white streaked boulder.

38. THIRLMERE - HIGH RIGG -SH, NY.304.213, Sheet 90. From ruined cairn on main summit go 65p 163° to a lone rock. Box under small rock E side low down. Tarn near cairn 253° Calfhow Pike 103°. Bishop Of Barf 305°.

39. THIRLMERE - HIGH RIGG - Protector - KG, NY.309.220, Sheet 90. Tarn 348° . N summit cairn 245° & approx. 100 theoretical paces. Thirlmere 185° . Box plugged on outcrop.

40. BUTTERMERE - HAYSTACKS- Innominate Tarn -VC,NY.194 131, Sheet 90. Middle island 123.5° Top of Robinson just visible 16° Highest cairn on Gt.Gable 155° Windy Gap 148° Above small grassy dell bottom of slope of rocks below square cave. Box in pile of rocks.

45. AMBLESIDE - Wansfell Pike-RH, SD 393.043, Sheet 90. From stile on the summit walk on 347° to very steep hillside above small area of scree. Box under horizontal rock behind stones. Ambleside church spire 277°.  NEW STAMP  12/04

46. AMBLESIDE - Wansfell - Baystones 403 052  46p X 291* from summit cairn, under a small rock. V of Kirkstone Pass 001and a half°

47. AMBLESIDE - High Pike - IG, NY 374089, sheet 90. From cairn on summit, walk 45p on 345 to small rock outcrop below your feet. Box behind stones near top.

48. AMBLESIDE - High Sweden Bridge - IG, NY 378067, sheet 90. From High Sweden Bridge walk west up path to a stile over a wall. Then 44p on 270° to large boulder with a large split in it. Then 22p on 328° to a large rock at the end of a wall. Box is behind stones under smaller rock to the left of the large rock.

49. AMBLESIDE - Little Hart Crag  - IG, NY 387101, sheet 90. From the most westerly cairn on Little Hart Crag walk 14p on 100°. Box plugged in small group of stones.

50. AMBLESIDE - Low Pike - IG NY 374081, sheet 90. From cairn on summit, walk North to a stile over a stone wall, then 44p on 347° to a large vertical boulder. From here walk 10p on 180 to box under stones. (Wall is 1p away)

51. AMBLESIDE - Dove Crag - Priests Hole - RH, NY.376.109 OS Sheet 90. The 'hole' already has its own cave visitor's book in a large ammo can. The pill pot containing stamp will be found in a small crevice behind small stones 5’ to the right of the cave-dwellers fireplace (If not on site its worth a look around it could have been moved).  box onsite but needs the stamp re-glued / re fixing Oct 07

52. AMBLESIDE - Red Screes - IG,  NY 397087. From Trig Point on summit, walk 40p on 150° to a group of stones on the left. Then 8p on 82° to box behind stones under a very large prone rock slab.

53. NEWBY BRIDGE : Finsthwaite Tower - DS SD 370870   Sheet 96, Door of Tower 337° and 19 paces. Tallest Yew 125° and 16 paces. Box in small cave at foot of mossy outcrop

54. NEWBY BRIDGE : High Dam, Finsthwaite - DS : SD 361 889 , Sheet 90.
Bench 337° and 27 paces. Hawthorn Tree at side of 'path' 50° and 9 paces.
Box under rock at base of multi-trunked tree.

55. NEWBY BRIDGE - Black Beck - DS SD 368 842 OS Sheet 90.
A remarkable tree that still survives. Look in its roots. 60 paces from gate on 320º. Lone tree on nearby summit 252º.

56. ULVERSTON : Hoad Hill - DS SD 292794   Sheet 96, Monument 151°, Viaduct 106°, Stile 342° and 64 paces. Box under small outcrop at the south end of small circular patch of 'clitter'

57. CONISTON : Bethecar Moor - Arnsbarrow - DS SD 309 908 Sheet 96, Coniston Old Man 335, Caw 297, Black Combe 257, Cairn 197 and 47 paces. Under rock slab next to vertical rock spike/ outcrop  New Stamp Oct 07

58. CONISTON : Bethecar Moor - Top o  Selside - DS SD 307 918, Coniston Old Man 331°, Caw 293°, Black Combe 252°. Summit Cairn 050° and 100 paces.

59. CONISTON : Beacon Fell - DS SD 272 896 Sheet 96,Beacon 029°,  Coniston Old Man 004°, Cairn 230° and 25 paces.  Box behind rock, 6 paces from path through 'small gorge' at foot of rock outcrop

60. CONISTON : Black Crag - DS NY 341 015 Sheet 90, SE Summit Cairn 250° and 45 paces, Black Crag Summit cairn  315°,  Wansfell 067°.  Box plugged into small boulder outcrop - lone tree 155° and 9 paces.

61. CONISTON - Pudding Stone - DS, SD 281 984,  sheet 90.
'Pudding Stone' 275º and 68 paces. Standing Stone 295º and 8 paces, lone tree 42º and 15 paces, tree on ridge 147º. In natural hole in boulder, behind rocks.

64. CONISTON - Coniston Copper - Incline - DS SD 286 991, sheet 90
Behind rock under large boulder.  Corner fence post 108º,
large boulder by steam 70º, mine at top of incline 283º.
Centre of wheel housing 140º and 30 paces. waterlogged oct 07

65. CONISTON - Holme Fell - DS, NY 315 006.
Pike of Stickle 331º,  mast 167º,  subsidiary summit cairn 72º, summit cairn 230º and 25 paces,.  At foot of small outcrop under two stones.

66. CONISTON - Old Man of Coniston M&S, SD.270.980.
From summit cairn & trig pillar take the ridge track approx. NW & take a small track which branches left off this ridge track. Just after it becomes indistinct whilst crossing a small clitter field look on your left for an obvious lone upright 3’ high sloping finger rock. From box this rock bears 289° & is 22p away. Box under loose stones beside a 3’x 5’ flat rock in a jumble of rocks RHS looking uphill. The sloping rock is within 15p of a small track below & within 30p or so off the small track above that you followed from the main ridge track. Box site is within 10p of the upper track.

67. BROUGHTON : Great Stickle - DS SD 212916 Sheet 90, Trig point 255° and 9 paces. Stickle Pike 4°, Caw 37°, Black Combe 234°.  Box plugged into small rock outcrop.

68. BROUGHTON : CAW - DS SD 230944 Sheet 90, Trig point 333° and 65 paces. Under one of two horizontal flat slabs, laying on grass, beneath small rocky outcrop and next to faint path. .

69. HAWKSHEAD : Latterbarrow - DS, SD.367991, Sheet 96. Summit Cairn 343° and 38 paces, small holly tree 165° and 5 paces, Coniston Old Man 266°. Under rock at base of small outcrop.

70. GRASMERE : Hart Head Hollow-  362 064  From large tree with hollow root, in wall,(of the original clue) walk across hillside, in crevice in small outcrop with small tree growing out of the top. ( NEW Clue and box - placed Oct 07

71. BORROWDALE : CASTLE GRAG - Millcan Dalton's Cave -RH, NY.252.161, Sheet 90.  As you face cave entrance walk right up & around until above cave. Find a choked-up rock to the right of outcrop. Box under rock behind stone moss & leaves. From sharp bend by twin armed signpost on Grange /Rosswaite path take uphill track on 240* and around on quarry track to upper cave with sign above . Box above cave to the right .Base of fallen tree 67* 23p.Dead tree stump with dead branch 130* 14p.

72. CASTLE CRAG 249158 From upper stone cairn at top of zig zag slate spoil heap level with upper quarry go 20p 35* to large spreading tree with cairn beside then a further 35p on the same bearing to small wall feature . Box 3p further on in rocks

73. BORROWDALE : 'Rambo' Fell Sheep on Glaramara - FP,  NY 241 096, Sheet 90. Top of Great Gable 284°, Right hand top of Great End 232°, Highest hump on Causey Pike 353°,  Tip of pointed rock on skyline 147°. Small cairn 6 paces North. Box under sloping flat rock resting on similar rock. Both are on south side and next to larger boulder.

74. BORROWDALE :Glaramara Guardian - AW,NY.245.105, Sheet 90.
From above box,  cairns on SW summit (second summit in Wainwright Southern Fells page Glaramara 7) are 144.5° & 70p. & 209.5°. HP Gt.Gable 271°. Castle Crag 15°. Bends on Honister slate track 324°. Sited in a small cave under four sloping slabs just above & to the left of a small rocky hollow

75. BORROWDALE - HIGH SPY- 'Ewey' Fell Sheep-FP, NY 235.163. 
Pike O’ Stickle 156º. Calfhow Pike 68º.  Skiddaw Little Man 20º.
Summit cairn on High Spy 249º and 104 paces. Under 1½ft x 1ft flat sloping rock resting on another stone.  Four small vertical slithers of rock to north 1p away one having a “v cut” out of the top

76. BORROWDALE : Dale Head - 'TAN' - Fell Sheep -FP, NY 223.153, Sheet 90, Great Gable 196,  Red Pike 275, sheepfold by wall 153, column on Dale Head 52 and 58p, north end of shelter wall 91 and 21p. In south facing hole in group of rocks under flat rocks. Thin, vertical, clean faced 2ft long by 1ft high rock 3p.

77. BORROWDALE - EAGLE CRAG - Wildlife Maurice - FP, NY.276 .120 OS Sheet 90. , Pike O’ Stickle 186º, Sergeant’s Crag 205º, Lining Crag 147º, Skiddaw 359º, HP Glaramara 242º, wall with fence 12 paces.  Box approx. 100 paces from wall corner and under bottom end of 4 ft downhill sloping boulder.  Boulder is half a pace downhill from triangular partly buried boulder.

 - MISSING -  LANGDALE FELL - HOLIDAY-AS,NY.260.077, Sheet 90. An old Dartmoor Passport stamp - Fork right just over foot-bridge by sheepfold follow path up Stake Gill (Cumbria Way) to large birch tree by river. Box on other side of river. From box a 20cm hawthorn is 1p away. Birch tree 267° & 33p away. Bridge by sheepfold 166°. Large round boulder 61° & about 55p away.

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88. MILBURN FOREST-CROSS FELL-IK,NY.684.344, Sheet 91. From trig pillar go 170p 255° to small area of clitter. Pillpot is under a rock with stone in front 5p 300° from horizontal obvious isosceles triangle rock the tip of which points in direction of site.

89. MILBURN FOREST-CROSS FELL MINE-RH,NY.684.337, Sheet 91. Box 13p into disused mine adit 5' up in LH wall. To find adit - Silverband Mine wheel 140.5° Gt.Dun Fell 122.5° Knock Pike 181° Ruined mine building 110° & approx. 80p away.

90. HADRIAN'S WALL-MP,NY.761.672, Sheet 86. Box is at the turn round point on the "Hit & Run Club" permanent walk at Housestead Fort on the Wall. From fort follow wall for about two miles W - look for a very large tree by wall nearby is a smaller tree with a stone turret around it. From the Wall beside large tree walk on 325° for 50p box in cave under large rock.

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