Nine standards rig
| Nine standards rig | ||
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 The Nine Standards as seen from the southwest |
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| height | 662 m | |
| location | Northern england | |
| Mountains | Pennines | |
| Coordinates | 54 ° 27 ′ 0 ″ N , 2 ° 16 ′ 15 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Hike | |
The Nine standards rig is a 662 m high peaks in the northern Pennine in Northern England , close to the border between the counties Cumbria and North Yorkshire .
location
The Nine Standards Rig forms a long ridge in a north-south direction, which is the highest point of Hartley Fell . To the west, the terrain slopes down to Westmorland , the eastern slope forms an only slightly sloping high moor , which drains over the Whitsundale Beck to the River Swale . This makes the Nine Standards Rig part of the watershed between the Eden and Swale rivers and also separates the catchment areas of the Irish Sea and the North Sea , making it part of the main watershed in England.
About 300 meters south of the summit is a trigonometric point of the Ordnance Survey .
Nine standards
The Nine Standards Rigg got its name from the Nine Standards , nine turrets of up to four meters high, differently shaped turrets or columns made of dry stacked stones that stand about 100 meters north of the summit.
It is not known when the structures were erected, for what reason or for what purpose. As a field name, “Nine Standards” can be found for the first time on a card that bears the date 1738, but is possibly significantly older. There is evidence that stone pillars stood on the mountain as early as the 6th century.
tourism
The Nine Standards Rig can be reached on foot in a good two hours from the town of Kirkby Stephen in the west . As a hiking destination, it offers expansive views west to the Lake District and northwest across the Westmorland Plain. In addition to local hiking trails, the Coast to Coast Walk also leads over the Nine Standards Rig, which is one of its most prominent vantage points.
Because of the strong soil erosion , the course of the hiking trails changes seasonally and is marked with signposts.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Stephen Walker: Nine Standards: Ancient cairns or modern folly . Hayloft, Kirkby Stephen 2008, ISBN 1-904524-60-5 .
- ↑ Friends of Nine Standards , Historical Map Comparison, accessed June 2, 2020
- ↑ Dr Stephen H Walker: Nine Standards - Kirkby Stephen. December 21, 2009, accessed on June 12, 2020 (English, Stephen Walker uses her sketchy drawing style to date it to the mid-16th century; the year noted could then be an archiving date.): “… A receipt note on the back says it changed hands in 1738, but the cartographic style suggests it was drawn at a much earlier date, possibly mid-16th century ... "
- ↑ Dr Stephen H Walker: Nine Standards - Kirkby Stephen. Retrieved December 21, 2009, accessed June 12, 2020 (English, Stephen Walker cites a 6th century Welsh document of a British victory over the advancing Anglo-Saxons that is said to have occurred on a "toothed mountain" northwest of York what fits the (at least today's) appearance of the mountain.): "Finally, an Old Welsh document about events in the 6th century describes a crucial defeat of the invading Saxons by Britons in the mountains northwest of York at a place called" toothed mountain ", a vivid description of the Nine Standards."