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✦ Historic site
Enclosed native settlements, cultivation terraces and cairn field south west of Mounthooly
5 ha
Getting here
55.49495, -2.19221
Best for
2 activitiesHeritage
Free76%Historic site
Wildlife
Free75%Ancient woodland
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km🚶
Walking
4
4 named nearby
Named route
🐴
Horse riding
1
1 public path
Public access
Named routes and paths nearby
Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm) · Walking0
Pennine Way (Tan Hill to Kirk Yetholm) - deviation · Walking0
Saint Cuthbert's Way (Kirk Yetholm to Lindisfarne) · Walking0
Pennine Way (Tan Hill to Yetholm) - deviation to The Cheviot via Scotsman's Cairn · Walking0
About this historic site
Scheduled Monument
Wildlife to spot
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🌱 Visiting this spring
- 🌸Ancient woodlands are famous for bluebell carpets in April and May — one of Britain's most spectacular wildflower displays
- 🐦Prime nesting season — listen for woodpecker drumming, warbler song and the first cuckoos from April
- 🦌Roe deer are active before the leaf canopy closes in — dawn and dusk are best
Facilities
🚻
Toilets
270m away
Free entry🐶 Dogs
Good to know
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
- 🌿Ancient woodland — rare wildlife habitat
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Nearby places
Useful places within 5 km
✦Round cairn 550m NNW of SouthernknoweHistoric site2.9 km→✦Roman period native enclosed settlement 460m north of Sutherland BridgeHistoric site3.1 km→✦Roman period native enclosed settlement 480m north of Sutherland BridgeHistoric site3.2 km→✦Roman period native enclosed farmstead 320m north west of SouthernknoweHistoric site2.5 km→✦Round cairn 540m NNW of SouthernknoweHistoric site2.9 km→✦Southernknowe Roman period native enclosed settlement and clearance cairns, 280m north of Sutherland BridgeHistoric site3 km→