Blake Law
Blake Law is a locality in Greenhead, Northumberland, England. Blake Law is situated nearby to the locality Peat Steel, as well as near Lowtown.Places of Interest
Highlights include Milecastle 44 and Aesica.
Milecastle 44
Archaeological site
Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Milecastle 44 was a milecastle on Hadrian's Wall.
Aesica
Archaeological site
Photo: mauldy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aesica was a Roman fort, 1.5 miles north of the small town of Haltwhistle in Northumberland. It was the ninth fort on Hadrian's Wall, between Vercovicium 6.0 miles to the east and Banna 6.5 miles to the west.
Milecastle 45
Archaeological site
Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Milecastle 45 was a milecastle on Hadrian's Wall.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Haltwhistle and Plenmeller.
Haltwhistle
Photo: Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0.
Haltwhistle is a market town in Northumberland, along the route between Newcastle and Carlisle, with a population of 4650 in 2021. It contrived to be named for a railway halt over 600 years before that railway arrived: Hautwysel means a hill between two forks of a river. Hadrian's Wall is the main reason to visit, the Roman frontier defence built in 122 AD.
Plenmeller
Locality
Photo: Les Hull, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Plenmeller is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Plenmeller with Whitfield, in Northumberland, England about a mile southeast of Haltwhistle. In 1951 the parish had a population of 107. Plenmeller is situated 2½ miles southeast of Blake Law.
Gilsland
Village
Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gilsland is a village in northern England about 20 miles west of Hexham, and about 18 miles east of Carlisle, which straddles the border between Cumbria and Northumberland. Gilsland is situated 3½ miles west of Blake Law.
Blake Law
- Type: Locality
- Location: Greenhead, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.99043° or 54° 59′ 26″ northLongitude
-2.48664° or 2° 29′ 12″ westOpen location code
9C6VXGR7+58OpenStreetMap ID
node 2139938329OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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