Kirkcarrion
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.Photo: Etype.jaguar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Laithkirk Church and Window Tracery Set In Graveyard, Circa 8 Metres South Of Gateway.
Laithkirk Church
Church
Photo: Hodgsonge, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Laithkirk Church is situated 1 mile east of Kirkcarrion.
Window Tracery Set In Graveyard, Circa 8 Metres South Of Gateway
Ruins
Photo: Asimonmonk, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Window Tracery Set In Graveyard, Circa 8 Metres South Of Gateway is a ruins, which is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Kirkcarrion.
Middleton-in-Teesdale War Memorial
Memorial
Photo: Asimonmonk, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Middleton-in-Teesdale War Memorial is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Kirkcarrion.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bowbank and Thringarth.
Bowbank
Hamlet
Bowbank is a hamlet in Lunedale, a side valley of Teesdale in County Durham, England. It is within Lunedale civil parish and is situated on the B6276 road, 1 mile south of Middleton-in-Teesdale and 8 miles north west of the town of Barnard Castle.
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.
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.
Kirkcarrion
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: Hilltop tumulus and copse in County Durham, England
- Categories: geographical feature, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Lunedale, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.60936° or 54° 36′ 34″ northLongitude
-2.09577° or 2° 5′ 45″ westElevation
1,273 feet (388 metres)Open location code
9C6VJW53+PMOpenStreetMap ID
node 1818227125OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q6415627
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