# Birkrigg

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{{short description|Area of countryside in Cumbria, England}}
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thumb|right|View from Birkrigg Common to Bardsea village and over the bay, with stone circle
'''Birkrigg''' or '''Birkrigg Common''' is an open-area of [limestone](/source/limestone) countryside near the town of [Ulverston](/source/Ulverston) on the [Furness Peninsula](/source/Furness_Peninsula) in southern [Cumbria](/source/Cumbria), [England](/source/England). There is extensive [limestone pavement](/source/limestone_pavement) on Birkrigg, which is protected under ''The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981''.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Goldie|first1=Helen|title=The legal protection of limestone pavements in Great Britain|journal=Environmental Geology|volume=21|issue=3|page=160|doi=10.1007/BF00775300}}</ref> Birkrigg's peak is at {{convert|136|m|ft}},<ref>{{cite web|title=Birkrigg Common's Distant Past|url=http://www.theaa.com/walks/birkrigg-commons-distant-past-420683|publisher=AA|accessdate=14 November 2017}}</ref> but its position as the high point on the east of the Furness Peninsula affords it extensive views to the [Lake District](/source/Lake_District), [Yorkshire Dales](/source/Yorkshire_Dales), [Howgills](/source/Howgill_Fells) and across [Morecambe Bay](/source/Morecambe_Bay) to [Blackpool](/source/Blackpool).<ref name="WG Walk">{{cite web|title=A delightful ramble around Birkrigg Commo|url=http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/10049552.A_delightful_ramble_around_Birkrigg_Common/|publisher=Westmorland Gazette|accessdate=14 November 2017}}</ref>

Birkrigg has a long history of human inhabitation, and the common contains [Birkrigg stone circle](/source/Birkrigg_stone_circle), a [Bronze Age](/source/Bronze_Age) [stone circle](/source/stone_circle) which is a [scheduled monument](/source/scheduled_monument).<ref name="ps">{{cite PastScape |mnumber=38039 |mname=Druid's Circle |accessdate=12 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{NHLE|desc=Concentric stone circle on Birkrigg Common|num=1013501|access-date=29 September 2018}}</ref> Other scheduled monuments on Birkrigg are three round cairns<ref>{{NHLE|desc=Round cairn on Appleby Hill|num=1013963|access-date=29 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{NHLE|desc=Round cairn on Birkrigg Common, 520m north west of High Sunbrick Farm|num=1013965|access-date=29 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{NHLE|desc=Round cairn on Birkrigg Common, 600m north west of High Sunbrick Farm|num=1013964|access-date=29 September 2018}}</ref> and a "prehistoric enclosed hut circle settlement, an associated enclosure, and a bowl barrow".<ref>{{NHLE|desc=Prehistoric enclosed hut circle settlement, an associated enclosure, and a bowl barrow NNE of Appleby Slack|num=1013818|access-date=29 September 2018}}</ref>

Birkrigg is land common to the parishes of [Aldingham](/source/Aldingham) and [Urswick](/source/Urswick), and has been in public ownership since the sixteenth century.<ref>{{cite web|title=Commoners' Rights on Birkrigg|url=http://www.cumbria-wildlife.org.uk/Birkrigg_S_commoners.htm|publisher=Cumbria Wildlife|accessdate=14 November 2017}}</ref> Today, Birkrigg is a popular recreation site crossed by several footpaths and [bridleway](/source/bridleway)s.<ref name="WG Walk" />

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