Long Cairn
Long Cairn is a locality in Kielder, Northumberland, England. Long Cairn is situated nearby to the locality Castle Hill, as well as near Devil’s Lapful.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kielder Viaduct and Kielder Observatory.
Kielder Viaduct
Bridge
Photo: Peter McDermott, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kielder Viaduct consists of seven semi-circular masonry skew arches and was built in 1862 by the North British Railway to carry the Border Counties Line across marshy land, which following flooding to create Kielder Water, became the place where Deadwater Burn joins Bakethin Reservoir.
Kielder Observatory
Photo: Phil Thirkell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kielder Observatory is an astronomical observatory located in Kielder Forest, Northumberland, England. The site is on Black Fell, overlooking Kielder Water near the Scottish border. Kielder Observatory is situated 2 miles west of Long Cairn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Plashetts and Deadwater.
Plashetts
Locality
Plashetts is a small settlement in Northumberland, in England south east of Kielder, Northumberland. It is about 22 miles north west of Hexham. Part of the settlement is now beneath the surface of Kielder Water. Plashetts is situated 2 miles east of Long Cairn.
Deadwater
Locality
Photo: The Boy that time forgot, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Deadwater is a small settlement in Northumberland, England, about 3 miles north west of Kielder, Northumberland, on the English side of the border between Scotland and England. Deadwater is situated 3½ miles northwest of Long Cairn.
Saughtree
Hamlet
Saughtree is a hamlet in the Scottish Borders at the junction of the B6357 and an unnamed road from Kielder village in Northumberland, England. It is at the confluence of the Liddel Water and Dawston Burn, in Liddesdale. Saughtree is situated 5 miles northwest of Long Cairn.
Long Cairn
- Type: Locality
- Location: Kielder, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.2233° or 55° 13′ 24″ northLongitude
-2.57082° or 2° 34′ 15″ westOpen location code
9C7V6CFH+8MOpenStreetMap ID
node 319589425OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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