Hills of Britain and Ireland
OS Map of Watch Hill (Setmurthy Common)
Height: 255m / 838ft • Prominence: 158m / 518ft • Summit : in forest 83m E of knoll by fence • Trip reports (hill-bagging)
Isel St Michael: Medieval Grave Slab (Isel 1)
In the porch is this top section of a sandstone slab dating from around 1300. The cross shaft has been cut away and the area below the head deliberately reworked. Ryder p127
30-Apr-24 • linanjohn • flickr
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Isel St Michael
Entrance is through the south porch
30-Apr-24 • linanjohn • flickr
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Isel St Michael
The chancel arch is Norman, but the font is later medieval, with an octagonal bowl.
30-Apr-24 • linanjohn • flickr
bassenthwaitearea cumbria isel uk churches 53699041697
Isel St Michael: Fragment of Slab or Grave-cover (Isel 03)
Built into the north side of the chancel arch, inside chacklepie.com/ascorpus/catvol2.php?pageNum_urls=108&totalRows_urls=183" rel="noreferrer nofollow chacklepie.com/ascorpus/catvol2.php?pageNum_urls=108&...
30-Apr-24 • linanjohn • flickr
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Isel St Michael: Triskele Stone (Isel 01)
The church's most important historic treasure was the Viking Triskele Stone, carved with a triple spiral, or three-legged symbol depicting the Norse god Thor, along with a swastika or 'fylfot', representing Thor's hammer, plus a sun snake and spiral. The stone is thought to have been carved as early as the 9th century. Unfortunately, it was stolen from the church in 1986 and has never been recovered. This photo stands where it used to live.
30-Apr-24 • linanjohn • flickr
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Isel St Michael
The Norman chancel arch
30-Apr-24 • linanjohn • flickr
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OS Map
This is OS mapping. In some areas, OpenStreetMap shows more footpaths
Spatial NI has online OSNI mapping. Click "Basemap Gallery" (4 squares icon at the top).
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Photos
Please tag your photos and upload them to the British and Irish Mountains group on Flickr
The other photos have been geo-tagged as on or around the summit. For less busy mountains, it can be a little hit and miss.
Isel St Michael: Medieval Grave Slab (Isel 1)
In the porch is this top section of a sandstone slab dating from around 1300. The cross shaft has been cut away and the area below the head deliberately reworked. Ryder p127
30-Apr-24 • linanjohn • flickr
bassenthwaitearea cumbria isel medievalgraveslabs uk churches 53699043862
Isel St Michael
Entrance is through the south porch
30-Apr-24 • linanjohn • flickr
bassenthwaitearea cumbria isel uk churches 53700374845
Isel St Michael
The chancel arch is Norman, but the font is later medieval, with an octagonal bowl.
30-Apr-24 • linanjohn • flickr
bassenthwaitearea cumbria isel uk churches 53699041697
Isel St Michael: Fragment of Slab or Grave-cover (Isel 03)
Built into the north side of the chancel arch, inside chacklepie.com/ascorpus/catvol2.php?pageNum_urls=108&totalRows_urls=183" rel="noreferrer nofollow chacklepie.com/ascorpus/catvol2.php?pageNum_urls=108&...
30-Apr-24 • linanjohn • flickr
anglosaxonandvikingsculpture bassenthwaitearea cumbria isel uk churches 53700273024
Isel St Michael: Triskele Stone (Isel 01)
The church's most important historic treasure was the Viking Triskele Stone, carved with a triple spiral, or three-legged symbol depicting the Norse god Thor, along with a swastika or 'fylfot', representing Thor's hammer, plus a sun snake and spiral. The stone is thought to have been carved as early as the 9th century. Unfortunately, it was stolen from the church in 1986 and has never been recovered. This photo stands where it used to live.
30-Apr-24 • linanjohn • flickr
anglosaxon bassenthwaitearea cumbria isel uk churches 53699040462
Isel St Michael
The Norman chancel arch
30-Apr-24 • linanjohn • flickr
bassenthwaitearea cumbria isel uk churches 53700371450
Isel St. Michael and All Angels
Built in the early 12th century and restored in 1878, the church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade 1 listed building. It has some Anglo-Saxon cross fragments inside the church and part of a medieval grave slab built into the porch en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Michael's_Church,_Isel" rel="noreferrer nofollow en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Michael's_Church,_Isel Isel, Cumbria 17/07/2023
17-Jul-23 • linanjohn • flickr
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Isel St. Michael and All Angels
The church has a beautiful location beside the River Derwent at Iselgate, 1 mile south-east of the tiny hamlet of Isel.
17-Jul-23 • linanjohn • flickr
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Looking up the River Derwent from Isel Bridge
Skiddaw in the distance 18/10/2022
18-Oct-22 • linanjohn • flickr
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Videos
WatchHill #Setmurthycommon #outlyingfells #Wainwrightwalks #Wainwrightfells #walkingthewainwrights ** PLEASE NOTE: ...
Torpenhow Hill, in the Lake District in the north-west of England, is the only place in the world whose name has the same word ...
This hike takes in 6 fells in the Wythop and Lorton region of the Lake District, just West of Bassenthwaite Lake. The fells climbed ...
On an unexpectly lovely Sunday evening, Neil heads out from Thackthwaite in the north west of the Engigh Lake District, to visit ...
Notes
- Data: Database of British and Irish Hills v18.2
- Maps: We use OS mapping for England, Scotland, Wales, and the Isle of Man. Sadly, Channel Islands, Northern (OSNI) and Southern Ireland (OSI) mapping isn't available online, so we use Openstreetmap.