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Explore Gilsland in United Kingdom
Gilsland in the region of England is a town in United Kingdom - some 261 mi or ( 420 km ) North-West of London , the country's capital city .
Current time in Gilsland is now 03:22 PM (Saturday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/London " with a UTC offset of 0 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Sunderland, Slaggyford, Shopford, Sheffield, and Oxford. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Sunderland . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Gilsland ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Cawfield & Walltown
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Interesting facts about this location
Poltross Burn
The Poltross Burn is a tributary of the River Irthing. The burn rises on Denton Fell and flows north-east, joining the Irthing at Gilsland. The well preserved Roman Milecastle 48, known locally as The King's Stables, stands on the west bank. A 19th. century water mill within the village ground corn using the burn as a source of power.
Located at 54.99 -2.57 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Mumps Hall
Mumps Hall was a seventeenth-century inn on the Cumbrian side of Gilsland. It has become famous because Walter Scott used its evil reputation, and that of its landlady Tib or Meg Mumps (based upon Margaret Teasdale) in his novel Guy Mannering. The inn is not named in the novel, but Scott revealed his use of its reputation in the notes he added to the Magnum Opus edition of his Waverley novels. The building he described was not, however, the present-day Mumps Hall.
Located at 54.99 -2.58 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Milecastle 48
Milecastle 48 (The King's Stables), one of the milecastles on Hadrian's Wall, is situated just outside the village of Gilsland in Cumbria immediately adjacent to the Tyne Valley Line. It has been known locally as "The King's Stables" for over 100 years but recently the heritage industry has begun to call it Poltross Burn Milecastle. The milecastle measures 18.5m east to west by 21.3m north to south, substantially larger than many other milecastles.
Located at 54.99 -2.57 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Gilsland Spa
Gilsland Spa is the present-day name of a hotel at Gilsland, Cumbria, England. It is named from the sulphurous spring which issues from a cliff below the hotel. The original hotel was called The Shaws, from an Old English word meaning a small woodland, and was built in the 1740s, although the site and its surrounding farmland have been known by this name since at least 1603.
Located at 55.00 -2.57 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Popping Stone
The Popping Stone is a group of three rounded boulders in the Irthing Gorge near the town 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. Nearly all written references to the Popping Stone mention various traditions associated with courtship and marriage proposals, and usually repeat the legend of (Sir) Walter Scott's proposal to Margaret Carpenter there in 1797.
Located at 55.01 -2.57 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
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