Latitude: 54.8738 / 54°52'25"N
Longitude: -2.8324 / 2°49'56"W
OS Eastings: 346680
OS Northings: 553538
OS Grid: NY466535
Mapcode National: GBR 8DN2.LP
Mapcode Global: WH804.GRGK
Plus Code: 9C6VV5F9+G2
Entry Name: St Constantine's Cells
Listing Date: 1 April 1957
Grade: I
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1087654
English Heritage Legacy ID: 77778
ID on this website: 101087654
Location: Wetheral Pasture, Cumberland, Cumbria, CA4
County: Cumberland
District: Carlisle
Civil Parish: Wetheral
Traditional County: Cumberland
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cumbria
Church of England Parish: Wetheral Holy Trinity and St Constantine
Church of England Diocese: Carlisle
Tagged with: Architectural structure
WETHERAL RIVER EDEN, SOUTH OF NY 45 SE WETHERAL (West Bank)
9/197 St Constantine's Cells 1.4.57 I
Cave dwellings. Early medieval, known to have been in use in the C14, probably for the Priory of Wetheral, but popularly considered to have been used by St Constantine when a hermit. 3 chambers cut high in the cliff face above the River Eden. Masonry front wall with 3 small windows and fireplace. Access would have originally been by ladder, but now has a stone cut path. Used by the Priory of Wetheral as a place of refuge during border raids and hence the name Safe Guards, (25 metres south of the caves is a Roman inscription, referring to the 20 legion Valeria Victrix, which was mentioned in the former listing).
Listing NGR: NY4668153538
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