Maiden Castle
Maiden Castle is a locality in Matterdale, Westmorland and Furness, England. Maiden Castle is situated nearby to the hamlet Wreay, as well as near the locality Bennethead.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dacre Castle and Dunmallet.
Dacre Castle
Castle
Photo: Geoff Gill, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dacre Castle is a moated tower house in the village of Dacre, 4 miles south-west of Penrith, Cumbria, England. It was constructed in the mid-14th century, probably by Margaret Multon, against the background of the threat of Scottish invasion and raids, and was held in the Dacre family until the 17th century.
Dunmallet
Peak
Dunmallet or Dunmallard Hill is a small hill in the English Lake District, near Pooley Bridge, Cumbria. It is the subject of a chapter of Wainwright's book The Outlying Fells of Lakeland.
Little Mell Fell
Peak
Photo: Silence-is-infinite, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Little Mell Fell is a small fell in the English Lake District. It is an outlier of the Eastern Fells, standing to the north of Ullswater near the village of Watermillock, and connected to other high ground by a narrow col to the south.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Soulby and Watermillock.
Soulby
Hamlet
Photo: Bob Jenkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Soulby is a hamlet in the civil parish of Dacre, near the villages of Dacre and Pooley Bridge and the A592 road, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the English county of Cumbria.
Watermillock
Village
Photo: Bob Jenkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Watermillock is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Matterdale, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the ceremonial county of Cumbria, England.
Dacre
Village
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dacre is a small village, civil parish and electoral ward in the Lake District National Park in the Westmorland and Furness unitary authority area of Cumbria, England, but historically in the traditional county of Cumberland.
Maiden Castle
Latitude
54.61374° or 54° 36′ 50″ northLongitude
-2.85963° or 2° 51′ 35″ westOpen location code
9C6VJ47R+F4OpenStreetMap ID
node 4999675416OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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