Cairny Croft

Cairny Croft is a residential area in Thirlwall, Northumberland, England. Cairny Croft is situated nearby to the village Gilsland, as well as near the locality Plenmeller.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Thirlwall Castle and Magnis.

Thirlwall Castle

Photo: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Thirlwall Castle is a 12th-century castle in Northumberland, England, on the bank of the River Tipalt close to the village of Greenhead and approximately 20 miles west of Hexham. Thirlwall Castle is situated 3,400 feet south of Cairny Croft.

Magnis

Archaeological site

Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Magnis or Magna was a Roman fort near Hadrian's Wall in northern Britain. Its ruins are now known as Carvoran Roman Fort and are located near Carvoran, Northumberland, in northern England. Magnis is situated 1 mile south of Cairny Croft.

Milecastle 46

Archaeological site

Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Milecastle 46 was a milecastle on Hadrian's Wall. Milecastle 46 is situated 3,800 feet south of Cairny Croft.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gilsland and Haltwhistle.

Gilsland

Village

Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Gilsland is a village in northern England about 20 miles west of Hexham, and about 18 miles east of Carlisle, which straddles the border between Cumbria and Northumberland. Gilsland is situated 2 miles west of Cairny Croft.

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 4 miles southeast of Cairny Croft.

Cairny Croft

Type: Residential area
Location: Thirlwall, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.99779° or 54° 59′ 52″ north

Longitude

-2.52964° or 2° 31′ 47″ west

Open location code

9C6VXFXC+44

OpenStreetMap ID

way 778197384

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=residential

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