Cat Cairn
Cat Cairn is a locality in Kielder, Northumberland, England. Cat Cairn is situated nearby to the locality Bewshaugh Moor, as well as near March Head.Places of Interest
Highlights include Kielder Observatory and Kielder Viaduct.
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 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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Deadwater and Plashetts.
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 2½ miles north of Cat Cairn.
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 3½ miles east of Cat 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 4 miles northwest of Cat Cairn.
Cat Cairn
- Type: Locality
- Location: Kielder, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.22702° or 55° 13′ 37″ northLongitude
-2.61057° or 2° 36′ 38″ westOpen location code
9C7V69GQ+RQOpenStreetMap ID
node 320150308OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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