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Gilsland
A little to the east of Lanercost, the old border town of Gilsland sits on the Cumbria/Northumberland border. This used to be a rough place with border reivers and lawlessness everywhere.
However in the 19th century it became a popular spa town and Sir Walter Scott proposed to his fiancee whilst she sat on the Poppin stone ( image below). The gorge of the river Irthing offers good walks within it’s steep confines.
and the poppin stone itself
