Salta, Cumbria
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Salta is a hamlet in northern Cumbria
, United Kingdom
. It is located approximately 1.5km (about 1 mile) from the village of Mawbray
.
The majority of the 15 or so houses are modern builds, but at least one property is known to date from the 16th century. Salta is a very small settlement, home to approximately 30 people. Allerdale Borough Council provides refuse collection, streetlighting, and other modern amenities. Modern Salta is a predominantly Christian community, though the local Church is located at Holme St. Cuthbert, several miles away.
Salta is located in a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
, and Salta Moss is also a Site of Special Scientific Interest
, both for its natural and historical significance. On the Moss, a Bronze Age rapier sword was discovered in the 1980s, proving that the area was settled by ancient Britons millennia ago. The rapier currently resides in the Tullie House Museum in Carlisle, and archaeologists date it as possibly being crafted as early as 1100 BC.
Salta in the present day is home to one functioning small farm, with others being located in Mawbray and Allonby, and is surrounded by farmland belonging to these local farmers. The area of scrubland known as the Moss is common ground, but has a track to provide the farmers with access to outlying fields. Salta is a dead-end road, though a public bridleway provides access over the fields to Mawbray.
Cumbria
Cumbria , is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle. It consists of six districts, and in...
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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. It is located approximately 1.5km (about 1 mile) from the village of Mawbray
Mawbray
Mawbray is a village in northern Cumbria, United Kingdom. It is located on the Solway Plain, approximately halfway between the coastal towns of Maryport and Silloth. The B5300, known locally as the "coast road" runs to the west of the village. The name "Mawbray" is believed to be derived from...
.
The majority of the 15 or so houses are modern builds, but at least one property is known to date from the 16th century. Salta is a very small settlement, home to approximately 30 people. Allerdale Borough Council provides refuse collection, streetlighting, and other modern amenities. Modern Salta is a predominantly Christian community, though the local Church is located at Holme St. Cuthbert, several miles away.
Salta is located in a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is an area of countryside considered to have significant landscape value in England, Wales or Northern Ireland, that has been specially designated by the Countryside Agency on behalf of the United Kingdom government; the Countryside Council for Wales on...
, and Salta Moss is also a Site of Special Scientific Interest
Site of Special Scientific Interest
A Site of Special Scientific Interest is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom. SSSIs are the basic building block of site-based nature conservation legislation and most other legal nature/geological conservation designations in Great Britain are based upon...
, both for its natural and historical significance. On the Moss, a Bronze Age rapier sword was discovered in the 1980s, proving that the area was settled by ancient Britons millennia ago. The rapier currently resides in the Tullie House Museum in Carlisle, and archaeologists date it as possibly being crafted as early as 1100 BC.
Salta in the present day is home to one functioning small farm, with others being located in Mawbray and Allonby, and is surrounded by farmland belonging to these local farmers. The area of scrubland known as the Moss is common ground, but has a track to provide the farmers with access to outlying fields. Salta is a dead-end road, though a public bridleway provides access over the fields to Mawbray.