Knocking Tofts

Knocking Tofts is a building in Brough, Westmorland and Furness, England. Knocking Tofts is situated nearby to the archaeological site Verterae, as well as near Church of St Michael.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Brough Castle and Verterae.

Brough Castle

Ruins

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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. Brough Castle is situated 2,400 feet northeast of Knocking Tofts.

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. Verterae is situated 2,200 feet northeast of Knocking Tofts.

Church of St Michael

Church

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Church of St Michael is situated 2,400 feet northeast of Knocking Tofts.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brough Sowerby and Brough.

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.

Brough

Village

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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.

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.

Knocking Tofts

Type: Building
Location: Brough, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.5164° or 54° 30′ 59″ north

Longitude

-2.33024° or 2° 19′ 49″ west

Open location code

9C6VGM89+HW

OpenStreetMap ID

node 434334754

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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