Bowness Common
Bowness Common is a heath in Bowness, Cumberland, England. Bowness Common is situated nearby to the nature reserve Campfield Marsh RSPB reserve, as well as near South Solway Mosses National Nature Reserve.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Campfield Marsh RSPB reserve and Milefortlet 1.
Campfield Marsh RSPB reserve
Nature reserve
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Campfield Marsh RSPB reserve is a nature reserve.
Milefortlet 1
Archaeological site
Milefortlet 1 was a milefortlet of the Roman Cumbrian Coast defences. These milefortlets and intervening stone watchtowers extended from the western end of Hadrian's Wall, along the Cumbrian coast and were linked by a wooden palisade. Milefortlet 1 is situated 1 mile north of Bowness Common.
Mais
Archaeological site
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Maia, or Mais, in Cumbria, England was a Roman fort on Hadrian's Wall, and was the last fort at the western end of the Wall, overlooking the Solway Firth. Mais is situated 2 miles northeast of Bowness Common.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Anthorn and Bowness-on-Solway.
Anthorn
Village
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Anthorn is a village in Cumbria, England. Historically in Cumberland, it is situated on the south side of the Solway Firth, on the Wampool estuary, about 13 miles west of Carlisle. Anthorn is situated 1½ miles southwest of Bowness Common.
Bowness-on-Solway
Village
Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bowness-on-Solway is a village in Cumbria, England, and in the historic county of Cumberland. It is situated to the west of Carlisle on the southern side of the Solway Firth estuary separating England and Scotland. Bowness-on-Solway is situated 2 miles northeast of Bowness Common.
Cardurnock
Hamlet
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cardurnock is a small settlement in Cumbria, England. It is by the coast, 20 kilometres west of Carlisle. The western extension of the Hadrian's Wall frontier defences once passed through the Cardurnock peninsula, though not the Wall itself. Cardurnock is situated 2 miles southwest of Bowness Common.
Bowness Common
- Type: Heath
- Location: Bowness, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.93056° or 54° 55′ 50″ northLongitude
-3.24298° or 3° 14′ 35″ westOpen location code
9C6RWQJ4+6ROpenStreetMap ID
way 475906720OpenStreetMap feature
natural=heath
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