Netherton

The Sad Castle

Harbottle · 3.7 miles

'The Sad Castle' by Felicity Lance, a pupil of Harbottle School, was chosen by the late Ted Hughes, the former Poet Laureate, to win a national Young Writers' Competition in 1997. Her poem has been carved into stone by stonemason, David Edwick.

statue of the 3rd Earl of Ravensworth

Thrunton Mill · 5.6 miles

Statue erected in 1905

Learchild Roman fort

Thrunton · 7.5 miles

Site of Roman fort, described at https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1006440 and thought to be named ALAVNA.

Percy's Leap

Roddam · 8.7 miles

Two stones 9 metres apart, across which which Sir Ralph Percy is said to have jumped, in 1464, in an event associated with the Battle of Hedgeley.

Lanton Hill Monument

Lanton · 16 miles

A 8 Meter obelisk in memory of John Davidson. The Monument was built John's Brother by Alexander Davidson in 1827

Site of mediaeval tower

Alnham · 2.5 miles