Johnson Scar
Johnson Scar is a locality in Helbeck, Westmorland and Furness, England. Johnson Scar is situated nearby to the locality Helbeck Low Fell, as well as near Brownber Rigg.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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 2½ miles south of Johnson Scar.
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 2½ miles south of Johnson Scar.
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 Johnson Scar.
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 3 miles southwest of Johnson Scar.
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 Johnson Scar.
Johnson Scar
Latitude
54.55651° or 54° 33′ 23″ northLongitude
-2.3201° or 2° 19′ 12″ westOpen location code
9C6VHM4H+JXOpenStreetMap ID
node 5230064561OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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