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Mayburgh Henge

Mayburgh Henge

Mayburgh Henge is a large prehistoric monument in the county of Cumbria in northern England. Mayburgh Henge is just outside the village of Eamont Bridge close to the confluence of the Rivers Eamont and Lowther around 1…

Penrith Castle

Penrith Castle

Penrith Castle was built between 1399 and 1470 as a defense against Scottish raids. It is believed to have been first built by William Strickland who later become Bishop of Carlisle. The castle is…

Piel Castle

Piel Castle

Piel Castle also known as Fouldry (or Fouldrey) Castle, is a castle situated on the south-eastern point of Piel Island, 1 km off the southern tip of the Furness…

Pike Hill Signal Tower

Pike Hill Signal Tower

The remains of one of a network of signal towers predating Hadrian’s Wall, Pike Hill…

Poltross Burn Milecastle

Poltross Burn Milecastle

One of the best-preserved milecastles on Hadrian’s Wall, Poltross includes an oven, a…

Ravenglass Roman Bath House

Ravenglass Roman Bath House

Ravenglass Roman Bath House (also known as Walls Castle) is one of a few surviving structures from a 2nd Century Roman fort and…

Shap Abbey

Shap Abbey

Shap Abbey was a monastic religious house of the Premonstratensian order on the western bank of the River Lowther in the civil parish of Shap Rural, around 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from the village of Shap, in the Eden District of Cumbria, England. The site is in the care of English…

Stott Park Bobbin Mill

Stott Park Bobbin Mill

Stott Park Bobbin Mill was built in 1835 by John Harrison. Located near Newby Bridge, Cumbria, England, it provided the wooden bobbins to the Lancashire weaving and spinning industry, up to a quarter of a million bobbins per week. The mill was originally powered…

Wetheral Priory Gatehouse

Wetheral Priory Gatehouse

Wetheral Priory Gatehouse is almost all that remains of the Benedictine Wetheral Priory in Wetheral, Cumbria. Wetheral Priory, was founded in 1106 from its motherhouse of St. Mary’s Abbey, York. The gatehouse is virtually the only standing remnant of the much grander Priory buildings, and was the main entry into the monastic outer court. The building as seen today dates from the 15th century. It has a pair of domestic chambers on two floors above the main entrance way. These may have been accommodation for a Priory official or guest rooms for visitors or travellers. Some low ruined walls are still in place behind the farm buildings, but the rest of the priory was destroyed following Henry VIII dissolution of the monasteries. The gatehouse survived as the vicarage to…

Willowford Wall

Willowford Wall

 A fine 914 metre (2,999 feet) stretch of Wall, including two turrets and impressive bridge remains…