Location : Little Salkeld
Map - Ordnance Survey - NY 565382

Colonel Lacy, of Salkeld Hall, famous for once trying to blow up the stones of Long Meg Stone Circle, carved five chambers out of the sandstone cliffs by the River Eden in Little Salkeld. Possibly he was emulating the caves at Wetherall, further up the River Eden.

It was fashionable to have romantic ruins at that time, or they may have been built as a wine store. Colonel Lacy used to entertain guests here, and the area was planted with gardens. The rhododendrons and laburnams still flower every spring.

Photos by Simon Ledingham.

See also History of Long Meg mines.

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