Rape Hill Plantation

Rape Hill Plantation is a forest in Milfield, Northumberland, England. Rape Hill Plantation is situated nearby to the hamlet Millfield Hill, as well as near Kypie.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Coupland Castle and Housedon Hill.

Coupland Castle

Castle

Photo: Lisa Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Coupland Castle is situated in the village of Coupland, 4 miles to the north-west of Wooler, Northumberland, England. It is a Grade I listed building. The Grade I listed "castle" is actually a tower house "built after 1584, with irregular later additions".

Housedon Hill

Peak

Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Housedon Hill is a hill on the northwestern edge of the Cheviot Hills in Northumberland, England. It is the northernmost Marilyn in England, the summit lying only about 4 miles from the Scottish border, which runs to the north and west.

Maelmin Henge

Archaeological site

Maelmin Henge is modern interpretation/reconstruction of a henge monument near the village of Milfield, Northumberland in the Till Valley. It was built in the spring of 2000.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ford and Etal and Kilham.

Ford and Etal

Photo: j lord, CC BY 2.0.

Ford and Etal are neighbouring villages in Northumberland, which together with Crookham have a population of 500. They're separate villages around their own castle, but "Ford and Etal" is the name of the landholding estate.

Kilham

Hamlet

Photo: Stuart Meek, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kilham is a hamlet and civil parish in the English county of Northumberland, located 8.0 miles west of Wooler, 12.0 miles east of Kelso, 17.0 miles south west of Berwick-upon-Tweed and 38.9 miles north west of Morpeth.