Houghall Pit Village

Houghall Pit Village is a ruins in , , . Houghall Pit Village is situated nearby to the ruins , as well as near the college .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Maiden Castle and Durham University Oriental Museum.

Archaeological site
Photo: Jim Barton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an Iron Age promontory fort in , . It is listed as a scheduled monument. is situated 3,900 feet north of Houghall Pit Village.

Museum
The Oriental Museum, formerly the Gulbenkian Museum of Oriental Art and Archaeology, is a museum of the University of Durham in . The museum has a collection of more than 23,500 , Egyptian, , , and other Far East and artefacts. is situated 4,200 feet northwest of Houghall Pit Village.

Prison
Photo: John Illingworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a Georgian era reception Category B men's prison, located in the area of in , . Built in 1819, the prison is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service. is situated 1 mile north of Houghall Pit Village.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Houghall and Shincliffe.

Hamlet
Photo: boyward, CC BY 3.0.
is a hamlet in , in . It is situated approximately 1.5 miles to the south of city centre. It is also the location of the Campus of , associated gardens, a small number of houses and a restaurant.

Village
Photo: Russel Wills, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and civil parish in , England. The parish population was 1,796. It is situated just over 1 mile to the south-east of city centre, on the A177 road to .

Hamlet
Photo: Roger Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet in , in . It is situated approximately 1 mile east of central and south of . The most northerly remains of a Romanised farmstead in the Roman Empire were excavated at during 1940s.

Houghall Pit Village

Latitude
54.75881° or 54° 45′ 32″ north
Longitude
-1.56318° or 1° 33′ 48″ west
Inception
1860
Open location code
9C6WQC5P+GP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 366414757
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
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