Brownber Rigg

Brownber Rigg is a locality in Helbeck, Westmorland and Furness, England. Brownber Rigg is situated nearby to the locality Johnson Scar, as well as near Key Scar.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Brough Castle and Fox Tower.

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. Brough Castle is situated 2 miles south of Brownber Rigg.

Fox Tower

Building

Photo: Simon Ledingham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Fox Tower is a tower built by John Metcalf Carleton, an industrial entrepreneur, as a folly in 1775 on his large estate next to Brough, a village in Cumbria, England.

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 miles south of Brownber Rigg.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brough and Flitholme.

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. Brough is situated 2 miles south of Brownber Rigg.

Flitholme

Hamlet

Photo: David Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Flitholme is a hamlet in the parish of Musgrave, in the Westmorland and Furness district, in the English county of Cumbria. Flitholme is situated 2½ miles southwest of Brownber Rigg.

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. Great Musgrave is situated 3 miles southwest of Brownber Rigg.

Brownber Rigg

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

54.55264° or 54° 33′ 10″ north

Longitude

-2.3246° or 2° 19′ 29″ west

Open location code

9C6VHM3G+35

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5230064525

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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