Stones above Grasmere
 

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While walking on the fell above Grasmere, we came across these stones. Does anyone know what they are or what they represent?

Sorry, not stone slabs, but metal.

Maybe BritishCaicos knows -- haven't seen him post in a few weeks . . .

How large are they?

They may have no meaning at all, just be something the frmer had lying around which he could use.

Janis, they're about three feet tall, but het, they've been deliberately placed there. They don't cover anything and don't seem to be in use in any way. I've googled the heck out of them, but no luck. They have a square pattern and geometric lines on them.

I noticed the geometric patterns and the holes on the back side like they may have been mounted on something.

I'm curious too . It is definitely a long shot but I PM'd BritishCaicos on the off chance he might have some ideas . . .

My first thought was that perhaps they were sample stones from a stone mason or apprentice but the fact that they are metal dismisses that idea. Might be a metal worker trying to replicate a particular stone pattern, or for some type of religious piece inside a church.I imagine there are several stages/stories between the making of the metal slabs and their placement. Perhaps they found their way to Grasmere or were brought there by someone with imagination who placed them in that particular spot. I doubt they have any religious or historical significance.

OK, but which fell?
Used to have family there. Say used to as the last one passed away a few weeks ago. I went there for vacations for many years.
Other possibles are FAceBOOk
Maybe another point to contact? Grasmere Blog.
The email for the local tourist information centre is [email protected]
Please let us know if you find out the information.

Yes, if you know which Fell I can ask my niece in Ambleside, she and her partner are regular Fell walkers, he was born and bred in Troutbeck.

I've emailed the Tourist Office, thanks ribeirasacra. Let's see if they can help. I can't recall which bit of the fell we were on when we saw these, so let's hope they can recognise them.

Sorry I cannot help w/your question *but* I was very recently thinking of how wonderfully delicious these treats are! I hope that you have enjoyed some while you are there in Grasmere. https://www.grasmeregingerbread.co.uk

Interesting indeed. Does it align with any major astronomical events?

ribeirasacra, that link to the Tourist Office keeps bouncing back, I'll try elsewhere. Nelson, I'm not sure if they align anywhere :) socialworker, it's not the best, my Mum's was!

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When I was hiking in the Alps last year we passed a set of 7-8 foot tall wooden sculptures vaguely reminiscent of Easter Island, or perhaps totem poles. They were placed in a spectacular location below Mont Blanc. I'm not sure how old they were (50-100 years?) and no one, including our guides, had any idea what they were doing there. Online searching also came up blank. Presumably a local resident with an artistic streak?

Perhaps a nearby neo-neolithic artist propped them up there?? Someone taking the time and effort to do that could have aligned them in a significant direction. Who knows? Good luck finding an answer!

I found the email via only one website. The rest just phone numbers. Sorry about that it was bum information. I was really hoping for some news. Maybe the blogger for the village would know. I have done search via Google but all that came up were the grave stones in the churchyard.
So you do not know which fell, can you give us a clue in which direction you walked and from where. Things like the book store, or the Heaton Cooper Studio , the church, the car park...or ???
With those symbols maybe it is a witches gathering point.
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Lucky you, Rubicund, to have had a Mum who could make that gingerbread. For DH and me, we had never had any like that....the gingerbread in the states (that we have had, there may be others..) has either been cake-like or cookie-like, whereas the one in Grasmere was totally unlike any we had ever had tasted.

Anyway, I hope you continue to have a good trip. Thanks for the photo of the shop!

socialworker, maybe the gingerbread is a Northern England thing. We also have something called parkin which is first cousin to gingerbread, although I prefer the gingerbread. The walk was on a day trip up to the Lakes from where we live in Pendle, maybe a 90 minute drive.

ribeirasacra, we walked from the village roughly in a south eastern direction and did an clockwise loop back into Grasmere where we had parked. It was in the first"15 minutes" of the clock face that we saw these slabs. I'd also googled it, googled the photo too, but no luck. I'll keep trying. :)

It now turns out that the Grasmere TIO is not often manned these days, due to lack of funding. I got hold of the Ambleside TIO but they couldn't help. Not sure where to go with this?

That would perhaps mean you walked pasted Dove Cottage and onto Allan Bank. The latter I was hoping to find some art located in the gardens, but I still cannot find anything like these stones.
I have found another interesting blog located around the Lakes.
https://lakedistrictgems.co.uk/2017/...bank-grasmere/
So this is not time wasted for me:)

I played around with the contrast and clarity of the photo in an attempt to make those patterns more visible.
Not a great job, but here it is. Maybe it means something to someone. Is there a druid in the audience?

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With those eye rings on the back side they are somewhat like irrigation ditch sluice gates that are around near where I live.
The Allan Bank house story was interesting,