Eamont Bridge
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 39 ′ N , 2 ° 44 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 457 (as of 2001) | ||
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| Part of the country | England | ||
| Shire county | Cumbria | ||
| Civil Parish | Yanwath and Eamont Bridge | ||
Eamont Bridge is a small town in Cumbria , England . Eamont Bridge is on the southern edge of Penrith . The River Lowther flows to the south and east of the village and the River Eamont to the north . The Lowther flows east of the village into the Eamont.
The M6 motorway and the A6 trunk road first cross the Lowther and then the Eamont at Eamont Bridge.
Together with the place Yanwath Eamont Bridge forms the civil parish Yanwath and Eamont Bridge . The civil parish has 457 inhabitants (2001).
On July 12, 927, according to the description of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and the historians William of Malmsbury and John of Worcester, the kings Æthelstan , Constantine II , Eógan I , Howell the Good and Ealdred I met at Eamont Bridge. The kings here recognized the supremacy of Æthelstan, which is considered to be the foundation of the Kingdom of England .
There are two Neolithic earthworks at Eamont Bridge , the King Arthur's Round Table Henge and the Mayburgh Henge . It is believed that the builders of these facilities saw them connected to other facilities at Shap through the River Lowther .
