Birkrigg Common
Birkrigg Common is a peak in Urswick, Westmorland and Furness, England and has an elevation of 446 feet. Birkrigg Common is situated nearby to the village Great Urswick, as well as near Bardsea.- Type: Peak with an elevation of 446 feet
- Description: hill in the United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Birkrigg”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Birkrigg stone circle and St Mary and St Michael’s Church, Great Urswick.
Birkrigg stone circle
Archaeological site
Photo: Yohan euan o4, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Birkrigg stone circle is a Bronze Age stone circle on Birkrigg Common, two miles south of Ulverston in the English county of Cumbria. It dates to between 1700 and 1400 BC.
St Mary and St Michael’s Church, Great Urswick
Church
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary and St Michael's Church is in the village of Great Urswick, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Furness, the archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, and the diocese of Carlisle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bardsea and Baycliff.
Bardsea
Village
Photo: C.Sage, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bardsea is a village in the Low Furness area of Cumbria, England. It is two miles to the south-east of Ulverston on the northern coast of Morecambe Bay. It is in the historic county of Lancashire.
Baycliff
Village
Photo: Chris Upson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Baycliff is a seaside village in the Westmorland and Furness unitary authority area of Cumbria in England. Historically in Lancashire, it lies 3 miles south of Ulverston, in the civil parish of Aldingham.
Scales
Village
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Scales is a small village in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. The town of Ulverston is around 3.5 miles south of the village. The name Scales comes from the Old Norse skali, with an Old English plural *Scalas, meaning huts.
Birkrigg Common
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Urswick, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.15878° or 54° 9′ 32″ northLongitude
-3.09885° or 3° 5′ 56″ westElevation
446 feet (136 metres)Open location code
9C6R5W52+GFOpenStreetMap ID
node 659001617OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=survey_pointOpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakGeoNames ID
6695635Wikidata ID
Q24662555
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Birkrigg Common” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Barkrigg Common”
- Dutch: “Barkrigg Common”
- Swedish: “Barkrigg Common”
Localities in the Area
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