Crag Lough
Crag Lough is an inland lake at the southern edge of Northumberland National Park, 2.5 miles north of Bardon Mill, and 0.5 miles north of the B6318 Military Road in Northumberland, northern England.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sycamore Gap tree and Vindolanda.
Sycamore Gap tree
Photo: Clementp1986, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Sycamore Gap tree, also known as the Robin Hood tree, was a 120-year-old sycamore tree next to Hadrian's Wall near Crag Lough in Northumberland, England. Sycamore Gap tree is situated 1,900 feet southwest of Crag Lough.
Vindolanda
Fort
Photo: Voice of Clam, Public domain.
Vindolanda was a Roman auxiliary fort just south of Hadrian's Wall in northern England, which it pre-dated. Archaeological excavations of the site show it was under Roman occupation from roughly 85 AD to 370 AD. Vindolanda is situated 1 mile south of Crag Lough.
Milecastle 38
Archaeological site
Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Milecastle 38 was a milecastle on Hadrian's Wall in the vicinity of Hotbank Farm. It is notable for the joint inscription bearing the names of the emperor Hadrian and Aulus Platorius Nepos, the governor of Britannia at the time the Wall was built. Milecastle 38 is situated 2,000 feet east of Crag Lough.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Once Brewed and Haltwhistle.
Once Brewed
Hamlet
Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Once Brewed is a village in Northumberland, England. It lies on the Military Road. A motorist arriving over the B6318 from the east will see the place name shield "Once Brewed", while those coming from the west will read "Twice Brewed".
Haltwhistle
Photo: Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0.
Haltwhistle is a market town in Northumberland, along the route between Newcastle and Carlisle, with a population of 4650 in 2021. It contrived to be named for a railway halt over 600 years before that railway arrived: Hautwysel means a hill between two forks of a river. Hadrian's Wall is the main reason to visit, the Roman frontier defence built in 122 AD.
Plenmeller
Locality
Photo: Les Hull, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Plenmeller is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Plenmeller with Whitfield, in Northumberland, England about a mile southeast of Haltwhistle. In 1951 the parish had a population of 107. Plenmeller is situated 4½ miles southwest of Crag Lough.
Crag Lough
- Type: Body of water
- Description: lake in the United Kingdom
- Category: lake
- Location: Henshaw, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.00609° or 55° 0′ 22″ northLongitude
-2.3661° or 2° 21′ 58″ westOperator
National TrustOpen location code
9C7V2J4M+CHOpenStreetMap ID
way 273121408OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterWikidata ID
Q5180597
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Crag Lough” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “峭壁湖”
- French: “Crag Lough”
- Irish: “Loch Crag”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Crag Lough”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Milking Gap and Sycamore Gap.
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