Quarry Wood
Quarry Wood is a forest in Glassonby, Westmorland and Furness, England. Quarry Wood is situated nearby to the village Glassonby, as well as near the locality Daleraven Bridge.Places of Interest
Highlights include Kirkoswald Castle and Long Meg and Her Daughters.
Kirkoswald Castle
Castle
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Kirkoswald Castle is located to the southeast of the village of Kirkoswald, Cumbria, England. It is built from Penrith red sandstone and is still partially standing.
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.
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.
Quarry Wood
Latitude
54.7536° or 54° 45′ 13″ northLongitude
-2.6535° or 2° 39′ 13″ westOpen location code
9C6VQ83W+CJOpenStreetMap ID
way 458069631OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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