KIRKBY-THORE, (Westmorland) stands also on the r. Eden, N.W. of Appleby, and bel. formerly to the Lds. Clifford. Below it are the vast ruins of an ancient T. where Roman coins and urns are now and then dug up. The people call it Whelp-Castle. The old military-way runs through it, called the Maiden-Way, because it began at Maiden-Castle in Stainmore in Yorksh. N. R.