Quarry (disused)

Quarry (disused) is a quarry in Branxton, Northumberland, England. Quarry (disused) is situated nearby to the archaeological site Camp, as well as near the peak Branxton Hill.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Housedon Hill and Barelees Pond.

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. Housedon Hill is situated 2 miles southeast of Quarry (disused).

Barelees Pond

Barelees Pond is the name given to a Site of Special Scientific Interest in north Northumberland, England. The site is a kettle hole, a deep pond formed in the void remaining after a submerged glacial calf block melted. Barelees Pond is situated 2 miles north of Quarry (disused).

Pallinsburn House

Residential building

Photo: John Whelan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pallinsburn House is an 18th-century country house situated at Crookham, Northumberland. It is a Grade II* listed building. The house was built about 1763, in a Jacobean style originally with a three-storey frontage, for John Askew, a younger son of Dr Adam Askew of Storrs Hall. Pallinsburn House is situated 2½ miles northeast of Quarry (disused).

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Branxton and Howtel.

Branxton

Village

Photo: james denham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Branxton is a village and civil parish in northern Northumberland, England. It lies about 3 miles from the England-Scotland border and about 4 miles from the Scottish border town of Coldstream, just off the A697 Newcastle-Edinburgh road.

Howtel

Hamlet

Photo: Walter Baxter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Howtel is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Kilham, in Northumberland, England about 8 miles northwest of Wooler. The name Howtel is thought to mean Low Ground with a Holt or Wood. In 1951 the parish had a population of 75. Howtel is situated 1½ miles southeast of Quarry (disused).