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Russell's Cairn on Windy Gyle

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📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

WildlifeBirdsFungi
Free entryDogs welcome0 ha

Getting here

55.43061, -2.23010

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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, Peregrine, Meadow Pipit +60 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Raven, Peregrine, Meadow Pipit +60 more · last seen 2025

Free

Mushroom foraging

Fungi — Meadow Waxcap, Splendid Waxcap, Heath Waxcap +63 more · last seen 2014; Fungi — Meadow Waxcap, Splendid Waxcap, Heath Waxcap +63 more · last seen 2014

Varies

Insect spotting

Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies; Insects — Anoplotrupes stercorosus, Scathophaga stercoraria, Bilberry Bumblebee +4 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Historic site

Free

Seasonal nature

Plants — Bog Asphodel, Tormentil, Pellia · last seen 2021; Plants — Bog Asphodel, Tormentil, Pellia · last seen 2021

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km
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Walking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby
Pennine Way (Middleton in Teesdale to Kirk Yetholm)Walking route
Named routeNational walking route
Pennine Way (Tan Hill to Yetholm) - deviation to The Cheviot via Scotsman's CairnWalking 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

Russell's Cairn on Windy Gyle

📷 Richard Webb · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Russell's Cairn on Windy Gyle

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Nearby places

Useful places within 5 km

✦Three cross dykes on Middle HillHistoric site3.2 km→✦Camp TopsHistoric site2.8 km→✦Round cairn west of Windy Gyle, 680m WNW of Russell's CairnHistoric site700 m→✦Palisaded settlement on Trows LawHistoric site1.7 km→✦Romano-British farmstead, 700m north east of TrowsHistoric site2.1 km→✦Iron Age and Romano-British settlements on Ward LawHistoric site2.1 km→

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