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Palisaded settlement on Trows Law

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📷 Geoff Holland · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

WildlifeBirdsFungi
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha

Getting here

55.41521, -2.22877

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

  • 🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
  • 🍄Mushroom foraging is at its best in summer here
  • 🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

  • £Free to visit — no entry charge
  • 🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Birds — Raven, Meadow Pipit, Skylark +66 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Raven, Meadow Pipit, Skylark +66 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Meadow Waxcap, Splendid Waxcap, Heath Waxcap +85 more · last seen 2014; Fungi — Meadow Waxcap, Splendid Waxcap, Heath Waxcap +85 more · last seen 2014

Varies

Heritage

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Insects — Bilberry Bumblebee, Scathophaga stercoraria, Anoplotrupes stercorosus +1 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Bilberry Bumblebee, Scathophaga stercoraria, Anoplotrupes stercorosus +1 more · last seen 2025

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Pellia, Marchantia polymorpha subsp. polymorpha, Common Spotted-orchid +2 more · last seen 2021; Plants — Pellia, Marchantia polymorpha subsp. polymorpha, Common Spotted-orchid +2 more · last seen 2021

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby
Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm)Walking route
Named routeNational walking route
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Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Route 686Cycling route
Named routeRef 686National Cycle Network

Wildlife to spot

Photos

Trows Law summit

📷 Geoff Holland · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Trows Law summit

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Three cross dykes on Middle HillHistoric site2 km→✦Camp TopsHistoric site4.5 km→✦Romano-British farmstead, 700m north east of TrowsHistoric site400 m→✦Iron Age and Romano-British settlements on Ward LawHistoric site800 m→✦Russell's Cairn on Windy GyleHistoric site1.7 km→✦Round cairn west of Windy Gyle, 680m WNW of Russell's CairnHistoric site2 km→

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