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Anne T visited on 20th Aug 2017 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5 St. Mary's Beaumont: Church built on a motte, on a milecastle on a possible Saxon camp: We came to try to see St. Ann’s Well, marked on the OS map as being just off the small triangular village green, but found it was in a private garden surrounded by either a tall hedge or other buildings, so there was no access and no-one around to ask. According to the Old Cumbria Gazetteer, the well is at NY35055942, which is nearer the River Eden, says the well is at NY35055942 (which is different to the OS map) and: “This provided very cold water, useful for helping set the butter. By the time you’d got back up the bank your bucket was only half full.” Dated to 1867 to 1868. There were lots of walkers trundling along Hadrian’s Wall Path at this point, with a large notice by the interpretation board saying there was a detour due to a large landslip. By this time, my attention had been grabbed by the interpretation board saying this church was built on the line of Hadrian’s Wall and that at one point, a turret (70A) would have stood on the site of the church. The church guide continues: “When the Normans arrived they constructed a motte and baillie as a vantage point to repel invasion from the Scots …. Stones from the wall provided ready building material.” This is a very pleasant spot. There were so many tractors driving around at this time of the evening we felt out of place! There are farms all along the road through the village. I’d have liked to have seen across to the River Eden, but the farm buildings and houses along its western bank obscured the view. We decided on one final visit, to try and see St. Edward’s Monument (so wet we couldn’t get near last time).

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