Shellbraes Quarry
Shellbraes Quarry is a meadow in Whittington, Northumberland, England. Shellbraes Quarry is situated nearby to the village Great Whittington, as well as near the hamlet Bingfield.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Mary and Milecastle 22.
Church of St Mary
Church
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Mary is situated 1½ miles west of Shellbraes Quarry.
Milecastle 22
Archaeological site
Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Milecastle 22 was a milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall. Its remains exist as a low, turf covered platform just east of the Portgate roundabout. The platform is 0.5 metres on the east side, reducing to only a parch mark on the west side. Milecastle 22 is situated 2 miles south of Shellbraes Quarry.
Church of the Holy Trinity, Matfen
Church
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of the Holy Trinity, Matfen is situated 2 miles east of Shellbraes Quarry.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Great Whittington and Bingfield.
Great Whittington
Village
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Great Whittington is a village in the civil parish of Whittington, in Northumberland, England, 7 miles NE of Hexham. In 2011 it had a population of 401.
Bingfield
Hamlet
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bingfield is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Whittington, in Northumberland, in England. It is situated to the north of Corbridge, off the A68 road and includes some properties situated on the A68.
Matfen
Village
Photo: Stephen Richards, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Matfen is a village and a civil parish in Northumberland, England, near the town of Hexham and the city of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is an example of a 19th-century planned estate village. Matfen is situated 2 miles east of Shellbraes Quarry.
Shellbraes Quarry
- Type: Meadow
- Location: Whittington, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.04092° or 55° 2′ 27″ northLongitude
-2.00067° or 2° 0′ 2″ westOpen location code
9C7V2XRX+9POpenStreetMap ID
way 745234754OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=meadow
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