Historic sites

A list of historic sites that may be of interest to visitors to the Kirkby Stephen area. 

• Brough Castle
• Castlerigg Stone Circle towards Keswick
• Kirkby Stephen Parish Church - Loki Stone which dates back to the Vikings
• Lacy's Cave, Little Salkeld
• Lammerside Castle - Accessible ruin dating back to 12th Century.
• Long Meg and her daughters - Neolithic Stone Circle. If you count the stones twice correctly, they will come back to life the 68 or so stones makes this one of the largest circles in the country.
• Lowther Castle, Askham
• Pendragon Castle, Mallerstang - Legend tells that it was the home of Uther Pendragon, King Arthur's father,
• Shap Abbey and The White Monks!!
• St. Oswalds Church, Ravenstonedale. Beside the church are the foundations of a Gilbertine Abbey. The last female burnt at Tyburn came from nearby Brownber. The church was a sanctuary to assure a fair trial, if the accused could toll the bell once.
• Stenkrith Park, Kirkby Stephen. - The Devil's Mustard Mill
• The flooded village of Mardale, Haweswater, which only emerges in dry summers
• Wild Boar Fell. The last Wild Boar in England is said to have been killed here.