Middle Shield Rigg
Middle Shield Rigg is a locality in Kingwater, Cumberland, England. Middle Shield Rigg is situated nearby to the locality Middle Shield Green, as well as near Long Moss.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include RAF Spadeadam and Popping Stone.
RAF Spadeadam
Military installation
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RAF Spadeadam is a Royal Air Force station in Cumbria, England, close to the border with Northumberland. It is the home of the 9,000 acre electronic warfare tactics range, making it the largest RAF base in the United Kingdom.
Popping Stone
Stone
The Popping Stone is a group of three rounded boulders in the Irthing Gorge near the village of Gilsland. It was not always this shape, however, and photographs from before 1870 show a single, much larger stone that must have been drastically altered soon after this date. Popping Stone is situated 1½ miles southeast of Middle Shield Rigg.
St Mary Magdalene’s Church, Gilsland
Church
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Mary Magdalene’s Church is a small mid-Victorian Anglican church on an isolated hillside in north-east Cumbria, England. Dedicated to Jesus' companion Mary Magdalene, it is the parish church of Gilsland, but is almost a mile from the village and may have been intended as much for the use of visitors to the nearby Gilsland Spa hotel as for the village. St Mary Magdalene’s Church, Gilsland is situated 2 miles south of Middle Shield Rigg.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gilsland and Churnsike Lodge.
Gilsland
Village
Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gilsland is a village in northern England about 20 miles west of Hexham, and about 18 miles east of Carlisle, which straddles the border between Cumbria and Northumberland. Gilsland is situated 2½ miles south of Middle Shield Rigg.
Churnsike Lodge
Locality
Photo: Peter McDermott, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Churnsike Lodge is an early Victorian hunting lodge situated in the parish of Greystead, west Northumberland, England. Constructed in 1850 by the Charlton family, descendants of the noted Border Reivers family of the English Middle March, the lodge formed part of the extensive Hesleyside estate, located some 10 miles from Hesleyside Hall itself. Churnsike Lodge is situated 5 miles northeast of Middle Shield Rigg.
Banks
Hamlet
Photo: Andrew Curtis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Banks is a village in Cumbria, England, astride the course of Hadrian's Wall, 3 mile NE of the market town of Brampton. The historic Lanercost Priory is just a mile to the SW. Banks is situated 5 miles southwest of Middle Shield Rigg.
Middle Shield Rigg
- Type: Locality
- Location: Kingwater, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.02899° or 55° 1′ 44″ northLongitude
-2.59187° or 2° 35′ 31″ westOpen location code
9C7V2CH5+H7OpenStreetMap ID
node 2647943868OpenStreetMap feature
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