Cow Hill
Cow Hill is a peak in Lunedale, County Durham, England. Cow Hill is situated nearby to the locality Wemmergill Pasture, as well as near Smithy Holm.Places of Interest
Highlights include Balderhead Reservoir and Crosshill Stone.
Balderhead Reservoir
Reservoir
Photo: Hugh Mortimer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Balderhead Reservoir is a reservoir in Baldersdale, County Durham, England. It is one of a chain of three reservoirs on the River Balder, a tributary of the River Tees, which it joins at Cotherstone, about 5 miles to the east.
Crosshill Stone
Wayside cross
Photo: Matthew Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Crosshill Stone is a wayside cross.
Kirkcarrion
Archaeological site
Photo: Etype.jaguar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kirkcarrion is a copse of pine trees, surrounded by a stone wall, on a hilltop near Middleton-in-Teesdale, County Durham, England. The trees, which were planted in Victorian times, cover a tumulus which is reputed to be the burial place of a Bronze Age chieftain, Prince Caryn, who ruled before the days of the Romans.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Middleton-in-Teesdale and Grassholme.
Middleton-in-Teesdale
Photo: Nehpetsrob, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Middleton-in-Teesdale is a village in County Durham, ten miles northwest of Barnard Castle. It's in the scenic Tees valley, where the main visitor attraction is High Force waterfall, and in 2021 had a population of 1100.
Grassholme
Locality
Grassholme is a village in County Durham, England. For centuries it lay within the historic county boundaries of the North Riding of Yorkshire, but, along with the rest of the former Startforth Rural District it was transferred to County Durham on 1 April 1974, under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972.
Holwick
Hamlet
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Holwick is a hamlet and civil parish in Teesdale, County Durham, England. Located in the Pennine hills, the hamlet consists of a few houses spread along a road in the pattern of a linear settlement.
Cow Hill
- Type: Peak
- Category: landform
- Location: Lunedale, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.5915° or 54° 35′ 29″ northLongitude
-2.1581° or 2° 9′ 29″ westOpen location code
9C6VHRRR+HPOpenStreetMap ID
node 768158928OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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