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The Currick long cairn 710m north east of Cald Well

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📷 Peter McDermott · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

☀️June — long evenings and clear skies; one of the most rewarding months for a late visit
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

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£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

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4 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

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

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Chaffinch, Wren, Robin +48 more · last seen 2024; Birds — Chaffinch, Wren, Robin +48 more · last seen 2024

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — Meliscaeva cinctella, Green-veined White, Platycheirus albimanus +42 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Meliscaeva cinctella, Green-veined White, Platycheirus albimanus +42 more · last seen 2025

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Cycling

33 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Reivers' RouteCycling route

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Mountain biking

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

The Red RouteMountain bike route

Named route

The Blue RouteMountain bike route

Named route

Wildlife to spot

2,368 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,368 records · National Biodiversity Network

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Plants152 species

autumn

2025

Daisy · Common Dog-violet · Barren Strawberry · Yellow-rattle · Bilberry +147

DaisyBellis perennis
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum
Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile
Scaly Male-fernDryopteris affinis
Poa pratensisPoa pratensis
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
New Zealand WillowherbEpilobium brunnescens
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
EyebrightEuphrasia
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
Goat WillowSalix caprea
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum
Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine
Short-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurum
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
AlderAlnus glutinosa
AspenPopulus tremula
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa
OakQuercus
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
Common ValerianValeriana officinalis
Common BentAgrostis capillaris
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Wood HorsetailEquisetum sylvaticum
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
BugleAjuga reptans
Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum
NipplewortLapsana communis
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Marsh VioletViola palustris
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
BulrushTypha latifolia
Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica
RowanSorbus aucuparia
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Sitka SprucePicea sitchensis
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
RaspberryRubus idaeus
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus
BroomCytisus scoparius
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis
Bulbous RushJuncus bulbosus
Silver Hair-grassAira caryophyllea
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus
Common CouchElymus repens
Smith's PepperwortLepidium heterophyllum
Wild CherryPrunus avium
Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus
Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Dryopteris borreriDryopteris borreri
Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
Slender RushJuncus tenuis
White CloverTrifolium repens
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Hairy Wood-rushLuzula pilosa
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella
Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit
Star SedgeCarex echinata
Bristle Club-rushIsolepis setacea
AshFraxinus excelsior
CrosswortCruciata laevipes
ShallonGaultheria shallon
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Sheep's Fescue agg.Festuca ovina
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Pale SedgeCarex pallescens
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
TormentilPotentilla erecta
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
Bird CherryPrunus padus
Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum
HeatherCalluna vulgaris
Marsh OrchidDactylorhiza
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus
Lemon-scented FernOreopteris limbosperma
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Common Yellow-sedgeCarex demissa
Climbing CorydalisCeratocapnos claviculata
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis
Green-ribbed SedgeCarex binervis
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Carnation SedgeCarex panicea
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Marsh WillowherbEpilobium palustre
Heath RushJuncus squarrosus
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Water AvensGeum rivale
Parsley-piertAphanes arvensis
Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea
Water MintMentha aquatica
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
Fen BedstrawGalium uliginosum
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
SkullcapScutellaria galericulata
Common Hemp-Nettle agg.Galeopsis tetrahit
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus
Eared WillowSalix aurita
Narrow Buckler-fernDryopteris carthusiana
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Rusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifolia
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
DandelionTaraxacum
Scots PinePinus sylvestris
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Common SallowSalix cinerea
Smooth Lady's-mantleAlchemilla glabra
Greater Tussock-sedgeCarex paniculata
Rough HorsetailEquisetum hyemale

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,368 records · National Biodiversity Network

🌿

Plants152 species

autumn

2025

Daisy · Common Dog-violet · Barren Strawberry · Yellow-rattle · Bilberry +147

DaisyBellis perennis
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana
Barren StrawberryPotentilla sterilis
Yellow-rattleRhinanthus minor
BilberryVaccinium myrtillus
American WillowherbEpilobium ciliatum
Hard-fernBlechnum spicant
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis
Heath BedstrawGalium saxatile
Scaly Male-fernDryopteris affinis
Poa pratensisPoa pratensis
Black MedickMedicago lupulina
New Zealand WillowherbEpilobium brunnescens
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
EyebrightEuphrasia
Sticky Mouse-earCerastium glomeratum
Goat WillowSalix caprea
Reed Canary-grassPhalaris arundinacea
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris
Mouse-ear-hawkweedPilosella officinarum
Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine
Short-fruited WillowherbEpilobium obscurum
PineappleweedMatricaria discoidea
AlderAlnus glutinosa
AspenPopulus tremula
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica
ColtsfootTussilago farfara
Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa
OakQuercus
Annual Meadow-grassPoa annua
Procumbent PearlwortSagina procumbens
Common ValerianValeriana officinalis
Common BentAgrostis capillaris
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Wood HorsetailEquisetum sylvaticum
Spear ThistleCirsium vulgare
BugleAjuga reptans
Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrum
NipplewortLapsana communis
Glaucous SedgeCarex flacca
Floating Sweet-grassGlyceria fluitans
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea
Marsh VioletViola palustris
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris
BulrushTypha latifolia
Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum
SneezewortAchillea ptarmica
RowanSorbus aucuparia
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata
Common Mouse-earCerastium fontanum
Sitka SprucePicea sitchensis
Field HorsetailEquisetum arvense
RaspberryRubus idaeus
Red BartsiaOdontites vernus
BroomCytisus scoparius
Meadow VetchlingLathyrus pratensis
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius
Crested Dog's-tailCynosurus cristatus
Ragged-RobinSilene flos-cuculi
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa
Garden Lady's-mantleAlchemilla mollis
Bulbous RushJuncus bulbosus
Silver Hair-grassAira caryophyllea
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
Red CloverTrifolium pratense
Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutum
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus
Common CouchElymus repens
Smith's PepperwortLepidium heterophyllum
Wild CherryPrunus avium
Tall FescueSchedonorus arundinaceus
Fairy FlaxLinum catharticum
Centaurea nigraCentaurea nigra
Greater PlantainPlantago major
Dryopteris borreriDryopteris borreri
Sharp-flowered RushJuncus acutiflorus
Herb-RobertGeranium robertianum
Prickly Sow-thistleSonchus asper
Common WhitlowgrassErophila verna
Slender RushJuncus tenuis
White CloverTrifolium repens
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Hairy Wood-rushLuzula pilosa
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus
Festuca rubraFestuca rubra
MeadowsweetFilipendula ulmaria
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris
Upright Hedge-parsleyTorilis japonica
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella
Common Hemp-nettleGaleopsis tetrahit
Star SedgeCarex echinata
Bristle Club-rushIsolepis setacea
AshFraxinus excelsior
CrosswortCruciata laevipes
ShallonGaultheria shallon
Common SorrelRumex acetosa
Sheep's Fescue agg.Festuca ovina
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys
Pale SedgeCarex pallescens
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
TormentilPotentilla erecta
SilverweedPotentilla anserina
Bird CherryPrunus padus
Perforate St John's-wortHypericum perforatum
HeatherCalluna vulgaris
Marsh OrchidDactylorhiza
Jointed RushJuncus articulatus
Lemon-scented FernOreopteris limbosperma
Oxeye DaisyLeucanthemum vulgare
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Common Yellow-sedgeCarex demissa
Climbing CorydalisCeratocapnos claviculata
Marsh ThistleCirsium palustre
Creeping Soft-grassHolcus mollis
Green-ribbed SedgeCarex binervis
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Carnation SedgeCarex panicea
Creeping BentAgrostis stolonifera
Heath Wood-rushLuzula multiflora
BrackenPteridium aquilinum
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Marsh WillowherbEpilobium palustre
Heath RushJuncus squarrosus
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata
Soft-rushJuncus effusus
Water AvensGeum rivale
Parsley-piertAphanes arvensis
Purple Moor-grassMolinia caerulea
Water MintMentha aquatica
Autumn HawkbitScorzoneroides autumnalis
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre
Field Forget-me-notMyosotis arvensis
Fen BedstrawGalium uliginosum
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium
SkullcapScutellaria galericulata
Common Hemp-Nettle agg.Galeopsis tetrahit
Common Bird's-foot-trefoilLotus corniculatus
Rough HawkbitLeontodon hispidus
Eared WillowSalix aurita
Narrow Buckler-fernDryopteris carthusiana
Sweet Vernal-grassAnthoxanthum odoratum
Rusty WillowSalix cinerea subsp. oleifolia
Lady-fernAthyrium filix-femina
Lesser TrefoilTrifolium dubium
DandelionTaraxacum
Scots PinePinus sylvestris
Hart's-TongueAsplenium scolopendrium
Common SallowSalix cinerea
Smooth Lady's-mantleAlchemilla glabra
Greater Tussock-sedgeCarex paniculata
Rough HorsetailEquisetum hyemale

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

Photos

📷 Peter McDermott · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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⛪Bewcastle United Reformed ChurchReligious grounds4.8 km→✦Langknowe Long CairnHistoric site3.6 km→✦Medieval shieling on south bank of White Lyne 410m WSW of confluence with Little Hare GrainHistoric site4.1 km→✦Medieval shieling on south bank of White Lyne 230m WSW of confluence with Little Hare GrainHistoric site4.2 km→✦Medieval shieling on south bank of White Lyne 130m WSW of confluence with Little Hare GrainHistoric site4.3 km→✦Ten medieval shielings on north bank of White Lyne overlooking confluence with Little Hare GrainHistoric site4.3 km→

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