Knipescar Common

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Knipescar Common, or Knipe Scar, is an upland area in the east of the English Lake District, above the River Lowther, near Bampton, Cumbria. It is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright's book The Outlying Fells of Lakeland.{{cite book|last=Wainwright|first=A.|authorlink=Alfred Wainwright|title=The Outlying Fells of Lakeland|year=1974|publisher=Westmorland Gazette|location=Kendal|pages=220–223|chapter=Knipescar Common}} The summit is "indefinite" but reaches {{convert|1118|ft|m}} and there are limestone outcrops and an ancient enclosure. Wainwright commends the views which include Blencathra to the north and "a continuous skyline of the higher Pennines."

Two ring cairns are scheduled monuments.{{National Heritage List for England|num=1007407|desc=Ring cairn on Knipescar Common| accessdate=21 June 2015}}{{National Heritage List for England|num=1007364|desc=Ring cairn on Knipescar Common south of Inscar Plantation | accessdate=21 June 2015}} The more northerly is the "ancient enclosure" described by Wainwright.{{cite book|last=Wainwright|first=A.|authorlink=Alfred Wainwright|title=The Outlying Fells of Lakeland|year=1974|publisher=Westmorland Gazette|location=Kendal|page=222|chapter=Knipescar Common | quote=The ancient enclosure, indicated on some maps as a Stone Circle and formerly referred to locally as a Druids Circle...}}

Immediately to the east of the southern part of Knipescar Common lies Shap Beck Quarry, an active limestone quarry.{{cite web|title=Shap Quarries|url=http://www.visitcumbria.com/pen/shap-quarries/|website=Visit Cumbria|accessdate=21 June 2015}}