Benchmark Sculpture, 'Vista' Traditional Cache
Benchmark Sculpture, 'Vista'
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The cache is situated high above the river Eden about a mile from the bridge over the river Eden at Armathwaite.
The village of Armathwaite has two excellent pubs if you fancy a pint or a bite. The Carlisle-Settle railway runs through the village and is well worth a trip.
The cache is near one of the ten Eden Benchmark Sculptures which also function as seats. These were commissioned by the East Cumbria Countryside Project to celebrate the new millennium. Each by a different artist, they’ve been installed at various locations beside public paths along the entire length of the river Eden. The artists’ brief was to produce sculptures that harmonised with the landscape and captured the essence of each locality. The first is Water Cut by Mary Bourne, located close to the source of the river at Mallerstang. The other nine are at Kirkby Stephen, Temple Sowerby, Appleby, Lazonby, Edenhall, Armathwaite, Wetheral, Bitts Park in Carlisle and Rockliffe, close to the mouth of the river.
Armathwaite is the second station on the Carlisle-Settle railway and features a signal box restored by the Friends of the Carlisle-Settle Line. Work on the 72-mile line began in 1869 and lasted for seven years. about 6,000 men were involved in building the line, which was the last main-line railway in England constructed almost entirely by hand. Many were injured or killed during construction and many more died through outbreaks of smallpox and other diseases which spread quickly in the makeshift unhygienic settlements in which they lived. The line opened to passengers on May 1 1876 and includes 14 tunnels and more than 20 viaducts. It has survived two attempts to close it – once in the early 1960s and again in the 1980s.
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