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St Cuthbert's Church (Cliburn)
Trip No.191 Entry No.1 Date Added: 23rd May 2026
Site Type: Ancient Temple
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 22nd May 2026. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 3 Access 4
St Cuthbert's Church (Cliburn) submitted by Anne T on 23rd May 2026. A fragment of an inscribed Roman stone built into the interior west wall of the south porch. Above it is a fragment of what looks like a medieval grave slab, although it is too worn to make out any real features.
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Log Text: St Cuthbert's Church, Cliburn. Came in search of an Anglo Saxon Cross Head fragment - I'd previously seen a photograph of the fragment propped up against the font, but there was no sign of this at all. Andrew thought if might have been in the padlocked parish chest adjacent to the font.
Very pleasant location. The church is on a circular mound, with two terraces leading down to the 'modern' graveyard. It looks as if the church may originally have been built on the remains of an old settlement, although it's not quite at the top of the hill within the village.
There were Roman inscribed stones built into the interior porch walls, and a possible old AS cross base which had been repurposed with a modern sandstone cross.
Gelt Woods (Brampton)
Trip No.191 Entry No.1 Date Added: 2nd Feb 2026
Site Type: Carving
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 1st Feb 2026. My rating: Condition 2 Ambience 4 Access 3
Gelt Woods (Brampton) submitted by Anne T on 2nd Feb 2026. General view of the rock face from the south side of the River Gelt. For much more detailed images, please see the Historic England links in the main site page text, especially the HE link dated 27th February 2019. Photograph by Andrew T
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Log Text: My first proper woodland walk after a hip operation, so I found the going difficult as the paths were steep in parts, very wet and muddy, but so nice to be out and about to see sites again. Due to the mud, and the path ahead closed due to landslips (not sure how up-to-date the signs are), I was unable to reach cliff face where the inscriptions are, but Intrepid Husband found the site and took a few photographs, although at 9m above the current river level, they were more than a little difficult to make out. Thank goodness for Historic England's incredible photographs and people with drones!
Lovely river and woodland setting. Would recommend the walk, especially after drier weather.
Roman Milestone (Temple Sowerby)
Trip No.191 Entry No.2 Date Added: 23rd May 2026
Site Type: Marker Stone
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 22nd May 2026. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 2 Access 5
Roman Milestone (Temple Sowerby) submitted by Anne T on 6th Apr 2018. Close up of the southern face of the milestone. If there was an inscription, it has long been scoured away by the winds and rains. Today the A66 Temple Sowerby by-pass rushes by just to the west of this milestone. To think this has sat by a routeway for around 2,000 years.
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Log Text: We last came here 8 years ago, and it's so sad to see the milestone, still in it's metal cage, buried deep in weeds and surrounded by spoil heaps of earth and stone where road works are ongoing.
The plaque is even more illegible!
St Michael's Church (Kirkby Thore)
Trip No.191 Entry No.3 Date Added: 27th May 2026
Site Type: Ancient Cross
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Yes on 22nd May 2026. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 5
St Michael's Church (Kirkby Thore) submitted by Anne T on 24th May 2026. Another view of the cross base
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Log Text: St Michael's Church, Kirkby Thore: We've not visited this village before, and with a very old church in the village, decided to stop off. Found the outside of the church, with all its old blocked off doorways and windows fascinating. Didn't expect to see much inside the church, but there was part of a medieval grave slab and some Roman pottery found in the village in 1951. The churchyard was lovely and I unexpectedly came across an Anglo Saxon cross base.
We meant to go onto another church and a well nearby, but the road closures (with no diversion signs) meant we kept having to attempt to turn right onto the A66 to get to our next destination. As it was teatime on a Bank Holiday Friday, with endless traffic in both directions, we sadly had to call it a day.