Stockdalewath is a small village in the

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, but in the historic county of

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, approximately 7.5 miles south of

Carlisle Carlisle ( , ; from ) is a city in the Cumberland district of Cumbria, England. Carlisle's early history is marked by the establishment of a settlement called Luguvalium to serve forts along Hadrian's Wall in Roman Britain. Due to its pro ...

in the extreme northwest of England. It is located on the

River Roe The River Roe ( Irish: ''Abhainn na Ró'') is a river located in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It flows north from Glenshane in the Sperrin Mountains to Lough Foyle, via the settlements of Dungiven, Burnfoot, Limavady and Myroe. Th ...

, and is in the civil parish of

Dalston Dalston () is an area of East London, in the London Borough of Hackney. It is northeast of Charing Cross. Dalston began as a hamlet on either side of Dalston Lane, and as the area urbanised the term also came to apply to surrounding areas i ...

. As of the 2011 census, the population is estimated to be 74. Archaeological evidence, mostly based on aerial surveys of crop marks, suggests that Stockdalewath was a rural settlement in Roman Cumbria. Within a half mile of the village are three camps thought to be Roman, with the names Castlesteads, Stoneraise, and Whitestones. They are equal distance from each other and form a triangle.

Notable people

* Susanna Blamire, poet known as ''The Muse of Cumberland''; raised in Stockdalewath

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Roe Beck level at Stockdalewath
Villages in Cumbria Dalston, Cumbria Inglewood Forest {{Cumbria-geo-stub

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