Boundary Stone on Site of Three Shire Stones is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 March 1990. Boundary stone. 1 related planning application.
Boundary Stone on Site of Three Shire Stones
- WRENN ID
- second-cupola-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Barrow and Furness MP: Michelle Scrogham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 March 1990
- Type
- Boundary stone
- Address
- Boundary Stone on Site of Three Shire Stones, Lakes, Westmorland and Furness
- OS grid reference
- NY 277 027
- Coordinates
- 54.41501, -3.11525
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The boundary stone, dated 1816, is located on the site of the Three Shire Stones. Although it was carved in 1816, it was not positioned until around 1860. This stone was erected as a memorial to William Field (1770-1860) of Cartmel, who served as Bridge-master and High Constable and originally commissioned the work. The stone is a single rough-dressed pillar, rectangular in shape and approximately 6 feet high. The north face features the initials "W.F. 1816," while the south side displays "LANCASHIRE," both in raised Roman capitals. Field intended this stone to serve as a more prominent marker indicating the location of the Three Shire Stones, which marked the meeting point of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire to the north of the sands. The original Three Shire Stones, noted on Saxton's 1610 map of Westmorland, have since disappeared; they were each about 1 foot high and arranged in a triangle approximately 1 foot apart, with each stone representing a different county.
Local climate
Boundary Stone on Site of Three Shire Stones sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,550 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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