Aughertree

Aughertree
Aughertree
 Aughertree shown within Cumbria
OS grid referenceNY2538
Civil parishIreby and Uldale
DistrictAllerdale
Shire countyCumbria
RegionNorth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town WIGTON
Postcode district CA7
Dialling code 016973
Police Cumbria
Fire Cumbria
Ambulance North West
EU Parliament North West England
UK ParliamentWorkington
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Coordinates: 54°44′N 3°10′W / 54.73°N 03.16°W / 54.73; -03.16

Aughertree (/ˈæfərtriː/ AF-ər-tree) is a village in northern Cumbria, England. It is situated near to the villages of Caldbeck and Torpenhow, but closer to the main local centre Ireby and is in the parish of Ireby and Uldale.

There are at least three Iron Age[1][2][3][4][5] settlements on the nearby fell, a neolithic causeway[1][6] along with several burial mounds that have been extensively excavated in earlier centuries but without sufficient recording or controls.

It used to be a much larger village with several taverns or pubs but none now remain. Some sites of former houses and farms can be seen but these are long gone.

A historic funeral road to Uldale Old Church starts in the hamlet and follows a footpath and bridleway.

References

  1. 1 2 "Aughertree Fell: Cumbria | Kate Lancelott Beddoes". academia.edu. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
  2. ↑ "Skiddaw Massif National Mapping Programme project | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
  3. ↑ "Aspects of Prehistoric Cumbria". cwherald.com. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
  4. ↑ "Pastscape - Detailed Result: MONUMENT NO. 9895". pastscape.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2015-07-22. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
  5. ↑ "Uldale, Cumbria". thecumbriadirectory.com. Retrieved 2015-08-25.
  6. ↑ Horne, P.; Oswald, A.; English Heritage; National Monuments Record (England) (2000). A Probable Neolithic Causewayed Enclosure on Green How, Cumbria. English Heritage. Retrieved 2015-08-25.


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