Birkett Common

Birkett Common is a hill in Mallerstang, Westmorland and Furness, England and has an elevation of 1,155 feet. Birkett Common is situated nearby to the locality Wharton, as well as near the hamlet Outhgill.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pendragon Castle and Birkett Tunnel.

Pendragon Castle

Photo: Matthew Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pendragon Castle is a ruin located in Mallerstang Dale, Cumbria, south of Kirkby Stephen, and close to the hamlet of Outhgill. It stands above a bend in the River Eden, overlooked by Wild Boar Fell to the south-west and Mallerstang Edge to the east.

Birkett Tunnel

Tunnel

Photo: John Charlton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lammerside Castle

Ruins

Photo: David Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lammerside Castle is a Grade II listed Medieval tower house in Wharton, Cumbria, England which has partial ruins existing today.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Outhgill and Kirkby Stephen.

Outhgill

Hamlet

Photo: John Illingworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Outhgill is a hamlet in Mallerstang, Cumbria, England. It lies about 5 miles south of Kirkby Stephen. It is the main hamlet in the dale of Mallerstang which retains the Norse pattern of its original settlement: a series of small hamlets and isolated houses, with no village centre.

Kirkby Stephen

Town

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Kirkby Stephen is a market town and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England. It lies on the A685 and is surrounded by sparsely populated hill country, about 25 miles from the nearest larger towns, Kendal and Penrith. Kirkby Stephen is situated 3 miles north of Birkett Common.

Ravenstonedale

Village

Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ravenstonedale is a village and large civil parish in Cumbria, on the watershed between the River Lune and River Eden. The village lies 4 miles south west of Kirkby Stephen. Ravenstonedale is situated 3½ miles west of Birkett Common.

Birkett Common

Type: Hill with an elevation of 1,155 feet
Category: landform
Location: Mallerstang, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.42776° or 54° 25′ 40″ north

Longitude

-2.3484° or 2° 20′ 54″ west

Elevation

1,155 feet (352 metres)

Open location code

9C6VCMH2+4J

GeoNames ID

8556184

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