River Eden
River Eden is a river in Hunsonby, Westmorland and Furness, England. River Eden is situated nearby to the village Little Salkeld, as well as near Great Salkeld.Places of Interest
Highlights include Long Meg and Her Daughters and Lacy’s Caves.
Long Meg and Her Daughters
Archaeological site
Photo: Tumulus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Long Meg and Her Daughters is a Neolithic stone circle situated north-east of Penrith near Little Salkeld in Cumbria, North West England. One of around 1,300 stone circles in the British Isles and Brittany, it was constructed as a part of a megalithic tradition that emerged during Neolithic, and continued into the Early Bronze Age.
Lacy’s Caves
Cave
Photo: Charles Rispin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lacy's Caves are a series of five chambers in the red sandstone cliff of the River Eden, just north of Little Salkeld, Cumbria, England, near Nunnery, Cumbria, at grid reference NY564383.
Little Meg
Archaeological site
Photo: Tumulus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Little Meg is a small circle of large kerb stones which probably surrounded a Bronze Age kerb cairn. It is close to the village of Langwathby to the north-east of Penrith in the English county of Cumbria and is 650 metres north-east of the more famous stone circle of Long Meg and Her Daughters.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eden Valley and Glassonby.
Eden Valley
Photo: Nachosan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Eden Valley runs northward through the county of Cumbria from its source high on the fells at Mallerstang and enters the sea 91 miles later at Carlisle.
Glassonby
Village
Photo: Peter McDermott, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Glassonby is a small village and civil parish in the Eden Valley, in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England. It lies about 3 miles south south east of Kirkoswald.
Kirkoswald
Village
Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kirkoswald is a village, civil parish, and former market town located in Westmorland and Furness, England, about 9 miles from Penrith. The village is in the historic county of Cumberland.
River Eden
- Type: River
- Category: body of water
- Location: Hunsonby, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.7186° or 54° 43′ 7″ northLongitude
-2.6877° or 2° 41′ 16″ westOpen location code
9C6VP896+CWOpenStreetMap ID
way 32688910OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterOpenStreetMap feature
water=river
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