Scarset Rigg
Scarset Rigg is a peak in Lunedale, County Durham, England and has an elevation of 1,709 feet. Scarset Rigg is situated nearby to the locality Crossthwaite, as well as near Wemmergill Pasture.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Park End Wood and Kirkcarrion.
Park End Wood
Forest
Park End Wood is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Teesdale district of west County Durham, England. The site occupies a low hill of Whin Sill on the southern edge of the River Tees floodplain just over 2 km upstream from the village of Middleton-in-Teesdale.
Kirkcarrion
Archaeological site
Photo: Etype.jaguar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kirkcarrion is a copse of pine trees, surrounded by a stone wall, on a hilltop near Middleton-in-Teesdale, County Durham, England. The trees, which were planted in Victorian times, cover a tumulus which is reputed to be the burial place of a Bronze Age chieftain, Prince Caryn, who ruled before the days of the Romans.
Middle Crossthwaite
Building
Middle Crossthwaite is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Teesdale district of County Durham, England. It is situated on the south bank of the River Tees, about 1.5 km upstream from the village of Middleton-in-Teesdale.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Harter Fell and Thringarth.
Harter Fell
Locality
Harter Fell is an area of upland heath in west County Durham, England. It lies on the watershed between the River Tees to the north-east and the River Lune to the south and reaches a maximum height of 481 metres above sea level about 1-kilometre north of the hamlet of Thringarth.
Thringarth
Hamlet
Photo: Jim Barton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thringarth is a hamlet in Lunedale, in the Pennines of England. It is traditionally located in the North Riding of Yorkshire but along with the rest of the former Startforth Rural District it was transferred to County Durham for administrative and ceremonial purposes on 1 April 1974, under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972.
Grassholme
Locality
Grassholme is a village in County Durham, England. For centuries it lay within the historic county boundaries of the North Riding of Yorkshire, but, along with the rest of the former Startforth Rural District it was transferred to County Durham on 1 April 1974, under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972.
Scarset Rigg
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,709 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Lunedale, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.60735° or 54° 36′ 26″ northLongitude
-2.14667° or 2° 8′ 48″ westElevation
1,709 feet (521 metres)Open location code
9C6VJV43+W8OpenStreetMap ID
node 29537129OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakGeoNames ID
12624727
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