High Shield
High Shield is a house in Henshaw, Northumberland, England. High Shield is situated nearby to the mountain saddle Milking Gap, as well as near Crag Lough.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Vindolanda and Sycamore Gap tree.
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 2,800 feet south of High Shield.
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 3,000 feet northwest of High Shield.
Chesterholm Museum - Vindolanda
Museum
Photo: Andrew Curtis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chesterholm Museum - Vindolanda is situated 2,900 feet south of High Shield.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Once Brewed and Plenmeller.
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".
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 High Shield.
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.
High Shield
- Type: House
- Address: Hexham, NE47 7AJ
- Categories: building and residential building
- Location: Henshaw, Northumberland, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.99901° or 54° 59′ 56″ northLongitude
-2.36205° or 2° 21′ 43″ westOpen location code
9C6VXJXQ+J5OpenStreetMap ID
way 825933348OpenStreetMap feature
building=house
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