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✦ Historic site
Four Romano-British settlements, field system and cord rig cultivation on Fairney Cleugh
41 ha
Getting here
55.25925, -2.19376
Best for
2 activitiesHeritage
Free76%Historic site
Wildlife
Free75%Ancient woodland
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km🚶
Walking
2
2 named nearby
Named route
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Cycling
5
5 named nearby
Named route
Named routes and paths nearby
Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm) · Walking0
Pennine Cycleway · Cycling0
St Cuthbert's Three Church Trail · Walking0
Main Route · Cycling
Main Route · Cycling
Main Route · Cycling
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
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
🌱Otterburn (Millennium Green)Urban park3.1 km→✦Romano-British settlement, field system and cord rig cultivation 390m north east of Yatesfield HillHistoric site2.6 km→⛪St John's ChurchReligious grounds3.1 km→✦Evistones medieval settlement, field system and three bastlesHistoric site4.8 km→✦Unenclosed settlement, field system, cairnfield, round cairn cemetery, round cairn, shieling and enclosed cremation cemetery on Todlaw PikeHistoric site2.3 km→✦Otterburn BattlefieldHistoric site2.4 km→