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Latitude: 54.1441 / 54°8'38"N
Longitude: -3.1173 / 3°7'2"W
OS Eastings: 327108
OS Northings: 472610
OS Grid: SD271726
Mapcode National: GBR 6NNJ.X6
Mapcode Global: WH72K.23TC
Plus Code: 9C6R4VVM+M3
Entry Name: Cockpit in Field to North of Village
Listing Date: 5 March 1990
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1262718
English Heritage Legacy ID: 434278
ID on this website: 101262718
Location: Scales, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, LA12
County: Cumbria
District: South Lakeland
Civil Parish: Aldingham
Traditional County: Lancashire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cumbria
Church of England Parish: Aldingham St Cuthbert
Church of England Diocese: Carlisle
Tagged with: Architectural structure
ALDINGHAM SCALES
SD 27 SE
Cockpit in field to north of
19/20 village (to south of group)
G.V. II
One of 2 cockpits built in the mid C19 for the Huddleston family; part of a
group of buildings erected as follies. Said to have been used for (illegal)
cock fights. Drystone construction with battered walls and stone vault.
Circular in plan c10 ft high. Low entrance, with semicircular head, faces
north and overlooks another cockpit (listed separately).
Listing NGR: SD2710872610
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