Kirkcarrion

Kirkcarrion

Kirkcarrion is a copse of pine trees, surrounded by a stone wall, on a hilltop near Middleton-in-Teesdale, County Durham, England. The trees cover a tumulus which is said to be the burial place of a Bronze Age chieftain.

External links

* [http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~fiski/pw/pennin12.html Pennine Way walk section covering Kirkcarrion]


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