Sat 3 Dec 2016
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The Cop Stone, Moor Divock in 2011
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I explored the area of Moor Divock quite extensively in August 2011 on a lovely sunny day when everything was bright and clear. Today, however, the sun promised in the weather forecast absconded as he often does. So some of the photos taken here today would not be worth looking at and I have added some from my first visit.
We parked on the moor just south west of the small village of Helton. We located easily the famous Cop Stone, a glacial erratic stone which forms part of a man made bank of around 20 metres in diameter. This bank is believed to be a Bronze Age Ring Cairn.
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Stone circle near the Cop Stone
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Stone circles and boundary stones proliferate
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Boundary stone converted to a gate post
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Dotted around Moor Divock are many cairns, boundary stones, burial mounds and circles, the largest being further north west near the Roman Road from High Street, known as The Cockpit.
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The Cock Pit today
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The Cock Pit (2011)
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The Roman Road passes near the Cock Pit
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Owing to the cold and grey conditions lingering on the open moor was much less comfortable than five years ago so we decided to include Dunmallet Hill in our itinerary. (I made the effort to get up there in 2011 and discovered afterwards in my walks notes I had already done so in January 1980, thus making this my third ascent!) We made our way to the track that descends to the road to Pooley Bridge. Near its junction with the Roman Road we came across a monument which has been erected recently, in the form of a stone seat. Unfortunately there is no inscription on it to say who built it and why, and I can't find any information on the Internet.
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The recent stone seat near the Roman Road
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Dunmallet from Moor Divock
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We passed through Pooley Bridge, and witnessed the damage that last winter's flooding did when the bridge over the Eamont was carried away and buildings inundated.
