Spadeadam Forest
Spadeadam Forest is a forest in Kingwater, Cumberland, England. Spadeadam Forest is situated nearby to the locality Rushy Knowe, as well as near Middle Shield Green.Places of Interest
Highlights include Banna and Popping Stone.
Banna
Photo: Carl Bendelow, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Birdoswald Roman Fort, known to the Romans as Banna, was one of the 16 forts on Hadrian's Wall. Built in the 2nd century AD, Banna, as a site, continued to be used well beyond Roman occupation.
Popping Stone
Stone
The Popping Stone is a group of three rounded boulders in the Irthing Gorge near the village of Gilsland. It was not always this shape, however, and photographs from before 1870 show a single, much larger stone that must have been drastically altered soon after this date.
Milecastle 49
Archaeological site
Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Milecastle 49 was a milecastle on Hadrian's Wall.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gilsland and Banks.
Gilsland
Village
Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gilsland is a village in northern England about 20 miles west of Hexham, and about 18 miles east of Carlisle, which straddles the border between Cumbria and Northumberland.
Banks
Hamlet
Photo: Andrew Curtis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Banks is a village in Cumbria, England, astride the course of Hadrian's Wall, 3 mile NE of the market town of Brampton. The historic Lanercost Priory is just a mile to the SW.
Spadeadam Forest
- Type: Forest
- Location: Kingwater, Cumberland, Cumbria, North West England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.0191° or 55° 1′ 9″ northLongitude
-2.6062° or 2° 36′ 22″ westOpen location code
9C7V299V+JGOpenStreetMap ID
way 906836079OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=forest
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