Nine Standards, Nine Standards Rigg, Hartley, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe.

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Nine Standards Rigg is the summit of Hartley Fell, a fell in the Pennine Hills of England. It lies near to the boundary between Cumbria and North Yorkshire, a few miles south-east of Kirkby Stephen and approx 700 metres outside the Yorkshire Dales National Park. The name is derived from a group of standing stones or cairns, the Nine Standards, located near the summit. The Nine Standards themselves, some of which were originally more than 4 metres high, are on the line of the Coast to Coast Walk between Kirkby Stephen and Keld, and are just to the north of the fell's summit. Situated at a height of 650 m, their original purpose is uncertain but it is possible that they were boundary markers.

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Location: Nine Standards, Nine Standards Rigg, Hartley, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe.
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Keywords: cairns, coast, cumbria, footpath, pennines, rigg, snow, standards, stone, winter