Long Plantation
Long Plantation is a forest in Arthuret, Cumberland, England. Long Plantation is situated nearby to the hamlet Kirklinton, as well as near the locality Dalegarth.Places of Interest
Highlights include Kirklinton Hall and Castra Exploratorum.
Kirklinton Hall
Photo: Rose and Trev Clough, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kirklinton Hall is a country house ruin at Kirklinton in the Parish of Hethersgill, Cumbria. Parts of the building originate from the 17th century with significant additions being made in the 19th Century.
Castra Exploratorum
Archaeological site
Photo: Simon Ledingham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Castra Exploratorum was a Roman fort and associated substantial civil settlement now in the grounds of Netherby Hall, Cumbria. It was first built by Agricola during his conquest of the north in around 80 AD.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Longtown and Kirklinton.
Longtown
Town
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Longtown is a market town in Cumbria, but in the historic county of Cumberland, England, just south of the Scottish Border. It has a sheep market which was at the centre of the 2001 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth crisis.
Kirklinton
Hamlet
Photo: Andy Connor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kirklinton is a village in the Cumberland district, in the English county of Cumbria. The population of the civil parish of Kirklinton Middle, taken at the 2011 census was 384.
Smithfield
Village
Photo: Adrian Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Smithfield is a village located in the parish of Kirklinton Middle approximately 8 miles north of Carlisle in Cumbria, England, and has a population of around 250.
Long Plantation
- Type: Forest
- Location: Arthuret, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.0044° or 55° 0′ 16″ northLongitude
-2.9107° or 2° 54′ 39″ westOpen location code
9C7V233Q+QPOpenStreetMap ID
way 1014282188OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=forest
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