| The Coniston UFO |
On the 15 February 1954 Stephen Derbishire, then 14, saw and photographed a UFO on the slopes of the Old Man of Coniston, above Coniston Village. The picture was blurred but the case became a classic of UFO literature of the time.
It was the era of George Adamsky and general UFO fervour, and the picture resembled the classic flying saucer shown in Adamski photographs. The object was only in sight for a short time and was described as a strange misty cloud with a definite shape.
Some time later he admitted the whole thing as a joke but some people seem to think he said this because of the intense pressure on him at the time. The original photographs were stolen a short time after the sighting.
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| Map ref: SD 272 978 |
| Directions: Reached by a footpath from Coniston. |
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| Pendragon Castle, Kirkby Stephen |
Pendragon Castle is associated with an Arthurian legend. It is said that Arthur's father, Uther Pendragon tried to re-route the river Eden to create a moat for the castle.
The ruin dates to the 1100's and was built by Hugh de Morville one of the knights who killed Thomas of Cantebury, so is out of the time scale for King Arthur.
The legend may have its source in a real attempt to re route the Eden or it may be romance.
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| Map ref: SD 782 026 |
| Directions: The ruin lies four miles to the North of Kirkby Stephen. |
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