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Watch Hill, Hayton
Watch Hill
locality:-   How
civil parish:-   Hayton (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
coordinates:-   NY51375617
1Km square:-   NY5156
10Km square:-   NY55

notes:-  
Built by Dr McClaren, Carlisle, as a convalescent home for his patients. Later a private house.
Watch Hill, the hill, was a lookout place for Scots inroads making use of Thief Street.

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