Cockpit

Cockpit at Scales in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria.
"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." Historic England: 1262718