Pike of Stickle
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Pike of Stickle, also known as Pike o’ Stickle, is a fell in the English Lake District. It reaches a height of 709 metres and is situated in the central part of the national park in the valley of Grea
Pike of Stickle from Loft Crag
Pike of Stickle on the left, from the summit cairn of Pike of Blisco
Pike of Stickle as seen from Troughton Gill
Langdale axe industry
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The Langdale axe industry is the name given by archaeologists to a Neolithic centre of specialised stone tool production in the Great Langdale area of the English Lake District. The existence of the s
Pike of Stickle
…Borrowdale sides of Stake Pass can also be used, giving access onto Martcrag Moor. Pike of Stickle is the site of one of the most important neolithic stone axe factories in Europe. The most prominent quarries are situated above the scree slopes on the steep southern face of the fell. The factory was set up here because…
Polished stone axe
Harrison Stickle, the highest of the Langdale Pikes, in the right centre of the group
Neolithic stone axe from Langdale with well preserved handle, found at Ehenside Tarn near the Cumbrian coast (now in the British Museum)