Liddels Strength

About Liddels Strength

The site is on top of a 160-foot high cliff and commands the junction of the rivers Esk and Liddel – the last high ground before the Solway plain.

The old name for the Carwinley Burn is Arthuret or Arfderydd. Arf translates as “weapon” and terydd as “ardent” or “fierce”. so it seems that this old name holds a folk memory of a battle which, according to a fifteenth century historian, took place on open ground between Liddel Water and Carwanalow/Carwendolou (present day Carwinley).

You can park on the track to the left if you are certain of the terrain, or park respectfully at the cottages and walk down the track.