Kirkland, East Cumberland

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Kirkland
Cumberland

Kirkland Church in January 2008
Location
Grid reference: NY647324
Location: 54°41’10"N, 2°32’49"W
Data
Post town: Penrith
Postcode: CA10
Dialling code: 01768
Local Government
Council: Westmorland & Furness
Parliamentary
constituency:
Penrith and The Border

Kirkland is a tiny village in Cumberland, at the edge of the Pennines and close to no town nor any other village of any size. Blencarn is a mile to the south-west and Skirwith two miles to the west. Also a mile to the south is the Crowdundle Beck, which marks the county border with Westmorland.

The fells rise immediately to the east: overlooking the village is Kirkland Fell, a prominence in the western slope of Cross Fell (2,930 feet). A long-distance walking route, A Pennine Journey, touches Kirkland on its route north from Milburn, Westmorland to Cross Fell. The Pennine Way is a little further up the fell slope, crossing over the summit of Cross Fell.

On the hill slope above the village are a small series of man-made terraces known as the Hanging Walls of Mark Anthony. They are mediæval "lynchets" or cultivation terraces (and today a scheduled ancient monument).[1].

Outside links

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about Kirkland, East Cumberland)

References

  1. National Heritage List 1007135: The Hanging Walls of Mark Anthony