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Lucker Village

Northumberland's Castles Alnwick Aydon Bamburgh Barmoor (Lowick) Beaufront Belford Bellingham Bellister Belsay Berwick upon Tweed Birtley Blenkinsopp  Bolam Bothal Bywell Callaly Cartington. Chillingham Chipchase Cornhill Coupland Dally Dilston Dunstanburgh Edlingham Elsdon Eshott Etal Featherstone Fenham Ford Gunnerton Haggerston Halton Haltwhistle Harbottle Haughton Castle Heaton Hexham Hirst Horton(Chatton) Langley Lindisfarne Low Horton Lowick Mitford Morpeth Nafferton Newcastle upon Tyne Norham Ogle Otterburn Ponteland Prudhoe Seaton Deleval Sewingshields Shawdon Simonburn Swinburne (Great) Tarset Thirwall Titlington Tweedmouth Twizell Tynemouth Warden Wark on Tweed Wark on tyne Warkworth Whitley Widdrington Willimoteswick Wooler Bill's Castles A Welsh Castle Newport (Pembs) Walks Allen Banks Belford-St Cuthbert's Blanchland 1 Blanchland 2 Blawearie Craster-Newton Ellingham-Chatton Ellingham Etal - River Till Hadrian's Wall 1 Hadrian's Wall 2 Hepburn Woods 1 Hepburn Woods 2 Holy Island Holystone Woods Hulne Park, Rothbury Shaftoe Crags Thirwall Walk 1 Thrunton Woods 1 Thrunton Woods 2 Wark-Redesmouth Warkworth Beach West Woodburn Lakes walks Bowfell Scafell Pike

The memorial to the war dead of Luker and the surrounding district, Lucker, Northumberland. Some interesting thoughts on the derivation of the name Lucker. " The Hollows"? Place names in Northumberland and Durham. Allan Mawer MA 1920

The Bridge built in 1871 over the Waren Burn, Lucker, Northumberland.

Wild garlic on the banks of the Waren Burn, Lucker, Northumberland.

The church of St. Hilda, Lucker, Northumberland.

The Watson Memorial Hall, Lucker, Northumberland.

Seahouses

Seahouses Harbour, Northumberland.

Fresh creels, Seahouses, Northumberland.

At the mouth of the Harbour, Seahouses, Northumberland.

Hadrian's Wall - Walltown

The line of the Roman Wall built by the Emperor Hadrian in AD 122-3 runs coast to coast. These images are from the stretch north of Haltwhistle. There is no town of Walltown but the farmhouse here bears the name. This is the site of Turret 44b, Haltwhistle, Northumberland.

The owners of Walltown Quarry had no regard for the history on the ridge above their workings. The Wall is severed at this point , Haltwhistle, Northumberland.

The Walltown Quarry site abandoned. Hadrian's Wall continues on the far ridge, Haltwhistle, Northumberland.

Thankfully some of the most spectacular remains are to be found west of the Walltown Quarry, Haltwhistle, Northumberland.

The Wall builders wrapped their project around the huge boulders on the ridge top, Waltown, Haltwhistle, Northumberland.

Looking to the East and the Sewingshield and Highshield Crags .This farm is called Greatchesters after the modern name of the Roman Wall fort (AESICA). In 1724 a visitor reported that the Fort Hall as still standing to a hight of nearly 13 feet.(3.96M) ,The field wall in the foreground sits on the foundations of Hadrian's Wall, Haltwhistle, Northumberland. To see this section of the wall in more detail go to Hadrianswallcamera page XI

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