- Irthington
Irthington is a
civil parish within theCarlisle district inCumbria ,England . Located in the far north of Cumberland this locale is crossed byHadrian's Wall and is anteceded by the Roman settlement comprisingBritannia . This parish is circumscribed by the parishes of Crosby, Scaleby,Kirklinton , Hayton, Brampton and Walton. [ [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CUL/Irthington/index.html Irthington, Cumberland] ] Irthington derives its name from theRiver Irthing .For Hadrian's Wall in the west of England, originally "turf and timber were preferred on the
Solway Plain , where stone is scarce", according to C.Michael Hogan. [ [http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=18177 C.Michael Hogan (2007) "Hadrian's Wall", ed. A. Burnham, The Megalithic Portal] ] At later dates stone was used to supplement these earlier constructions. Some of the building stone from the south wall of Irthington Chancel derived from re-use of stones fromHadrian's Wall . [ [http://www.roman-britain.org/britannia/brit1991.htm WWW.Roman-Britain.ORG, "Britannia XXII Index] ]ee also
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Laversdale
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