Barnarm Scar

Barnarm Scar is a peak in Helbeck, Westmorland and Furness, England and has an elevation of 1,217 feet. Barnarm Scar is situated nearby to the locality Double Scar, as well as near Hall Fell.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fox Tower and Brough Castle.

Fox Tower

Building

Photo: Simon Ledingham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Fox Tower is a tower built by John Metcalf Carleton, an industrial entrepreneur, as a folly in 1775 on his large estate next to Brough, a village in Cumbria, England.

Brough Castle is a ruined castle in the village of Brough, Cumbria, England. The castle was built by William Rufus around 1092 within the old Roman fort of Verterae to protect a key route through the Pennine Mountains.

Verterae

Archaeological site

Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Verterae was a Roman fort in the modern-day village of Brough, Cumbria, England. Occupied between the 1st and 5th centuries AD, it protected a key Roman road in the north of England.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brough and Brough Sowerby.

Brough

Village

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Brough, sometimes known as Brough under Stainmore, is a village and civil parish in the historic county of Westmorland and the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England, within the Westmorland and Furness unitary authority area, on the western fringe of the Pennines near Stainmore.

Brough Sowerby

Village

Photo: Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Brough Sowerby is a village and civil parish in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. It is located 22.3 miles southeast of the town of Penrith.