Market Brough
Market Brough is a locality in Brough, Westmorland and Furness, England. Market Brough is situated nearby to the hamlet Helbeck, as well as near the village Brough Sowerby.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 Brough and Helbeck.
Brough
Village
Photo: Supergolden, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Helbeck
Hamlet
Photo: David Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Helbeck is a settlement and civil parish near the village of Brough, in Westmorland and Furness, in the county of Cumbria, England. There is a wood called Helbeck Wood nearby.
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.
Market Brough
- Type: Locality
- Location: Brough, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.52694° or 54° 31′ 37″ northLongitude
-2.31974° or 2° 19′ 11″ westElevation
591 feet (180 metres)Open location code
9C6VGMGJ+Q4GeoNames ID
13267254
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