Burgh-by-Sands

	Edward I died in a suitably desolate spot alone in the midst of his host

The tiny but picturesque hamlet of Burgh-by-Sands is just another dormitory village for nearby Carlisle, but in the middle of the village a sign points north to "Edward I Monument". If you follow the sign you are guided to where the road peters out into a farm track. The adventurous leave their cars and walk for ten minutes or so down the slope to the wide expanse of Burgh Marsh, where a solitary pillars stands in splendid isolation.

This film tells you why this pillar was erected in the most northerly point of this part of England, for on the other side of the Solway Firth Scotland begins.