Thorny Hill
Thorny Hill is a peak in Musgrave, Westmorland and Furness, England and has an elevation of 627 feet. Thorny Hill is situated nearby to the hamlet Langrigg, as well as near the village Great Musgrave.Places of Interest
Highlights include Brough Castle and Verterae.
Brough Castle
Ruins
Photo: Supergolden, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 Great Musgrave and Flitholme.
Great Musgrave
Village
Photo: William Metcalfe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Great Musgrave is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Musgrave, in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. It is about a mile west of Brough.
Flitholme
Hamlet
Photo: David Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Flitholme is a hamlet in the parish of Musgrave, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the English county of Cumbria.
Little Musgrave
Hamlet
Photo: RuthAS, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Little Musgrave is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Musgrave, in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. In 1891 the parish had a population of 52.
Thorny Hill
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 627 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Musgrave, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.52264° or 54° 31′ 22″ northLongitude
-2.35089° or 2° 21′ 3″ westElevation
627 feet (191 metres)Open location code
9C6VGJFX+3JOpenStreetMap ID
node 5295819024OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakGeoNames ID
12620097
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