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Castle Carrock is a parish four miles south of Brampton, though no castle has never been found here. The village nestles with its back to the foot of the north-western tip of the Pennines...designated an area of outstanding natural beauty. Panoramic views of the Eden Valley are to the south, the Solway Firth to the west and Scottish hills to the north.
There is considerable evidence of early habitation in the area, which includes pit dwellings on the Castle Carrock fells, together with the discovery of an ancient stone coffin containing artefacts dating back to the Stone Age. A large stone cairn, six metres high is prominent on the skyline and is known as Cardunneth Pike. It has been identified as a meeting place and burial site for people of the Bronze Age 1800BC-500BC.
Though no castle exists here..it is believed that a fortified manor house existed here in the past, complete with moat.
Among a small group of stone houses is the simple little church, with an outside stone staircase leading up its tower to the belfty. It is of no great age, but it stands on the site of a church said to have been built from stones of the vanished castle, and on the sanctuary floor, cut with a flowered cross and a chalice, is the gravestone of a rector who preached his first sermon the year Crecy was fought, six centuries ago.Another rector here, was Richard Dickenson, who preached his last sermon at the age of 94.
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