Tewfitt Mires

Tewfitt Mires is a locality in Brough Sowerby, Westmorland and Furness, England. Tewfitt Mires is situated nearby to the locality Limes Head, as well as near Leonards Crag.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Brough Castle and Augill Castle.

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 1½ miles west of Tewfitt Mires.

Augill Castle

Building

Photo: Bob Harvey, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Augill Castle is a Gothic Revival country house in Brough, Cumbria. Originally a private residence, it was later converted into a hotel.

Verterae

Archaeological site

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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 1½ miles west of Tewfitt Mires.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brough and Brough Sowerby.

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. Brough is situated 1½ miles northwest of Tewfitt Mires.

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 Sowerby is situated 1½ miles west of Tewfitt Mires.

Helbeck

Hamlet

Photo: David Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Helbeck is a settlement and civil parish near the village of Brough, in Westmorland and Furness, in the county of Cumbria, England. There is a wood called Helbeck Wood nearby. Helbeck is situated 2 miles northwest of Tewfitt Mires.

Tewfitt Mires

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

54.51708° or 54° 31′ 2″ north

Longitude

-2.28239° or 2° 16′ 57″ west

Open location code

9C6VGP89+R2

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5316447136

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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