Haughton Castle, Hadrian's Wall

Name: Haughton Castle
Address: Hadrian's Wall, United Kingdom

#9 among attractions in Hadrian's Wall

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Haughton Castle is a privately owned country mansion and Grade I listed building, situated to the north of the village of Humshaugh on the west bank of the North Tyne. It is around 5+1⁄2 miles north of the market town of Hexham, Northumberland. ()

Alternative names: Built: XIII centuryCoordinates: 55°3'2"N, 2°7'42"W

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Haughton Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Chipchase Castle, Chesters Roman Fort and Museum, Limestone Corner, Milecastle 29.

3 miNW
Forts and castles
Chipchase Castle
77 min walk • Chipchase Castle is a 17th-century Jacobean mansion incorporating a substantial 14th-century pele tower, which stands north of Hadrian's Wall, near Wark on Tyne, between Bellingham and Hexham in Northumberland, England.
1.6 miS
Museum
Chesters Roman Fort and Museum, Hexham
41 min walk • Housesteads Roman Fort is the remains of an auxiliary fort on Hadrian's Wall, at Housesteads, Northumberland, England, south of Broomlee Lough.
2.7 miW
Area
Limestone Corner, Hadrian's Wall
69 min walk • Limestone Corner is an area of Hadrian's Wall at its most northerly point, in present-day northern England. It represents the most northerly point of the Roman Empire, outside the two periods during which the Antonine Wall was occupied by the Roman military.
2.4 miSW
Area
Milecastle 29, Hadrian's Wall
61 min walk • Milecastle 29 was a milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall. Its remains exist as a mutilated earth platform accentuated by deep robber-trenches around all sides, and are located beside the B6318 Military Road.
3.9 miW
Area
Carrawburgh, Hadrian's Wall
99 min walk • Carrawburgh is a settlement in Northumberland. In Roman times, it was the site of a 3+1⁄2-acre auxiliary fort on Hadrian's Wall called Brocolitia, Procolita, or Brocolita. This name is probably based on the Celtic name for the place, and one possible translation put forward is 'badger holes'.
1.8 miS
Area
Cilurnum, Hadrian's Wall
45 min walk • Cilurnum or Cilurvum was a fort on Hadrian's Wall mentioned in the Notitia Dignitatum. It is now identified with the fort found at Chesters near the village of Walwick, Northumberland, England. It was built in 123 AD, just after the wall's completion.
1.3 miS
Area
Hadrian's Wall Path, Hadrian's Wall
34 min walk • Hadrian's Wall Path is a long-distance footpath in the north of England, which became the 15th National Trail in 2003. It runs for 84 miles, from Wallsend on the east coast of England to Bowness-on-Solway on the west coast.
1.5 miS
Bridge
Chollerford Bridge, Hadrian's Wall
39 min walk • Chollerford Bridge is a stone bridge that replaced an earlier medieval bridge crossing the River North Tyne at Chollerford, Northumberland, England. It is a Grade II listed building.
3.1 miW
Area
Milecastle 30, Hadrian's Wall
81 min walk • Milecastle 30 was a milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall. Its remains exist as an outward-facing scarp with a maximum height of 0.8 metres. Masonry from the east wall remains in situ. The remaining stretch is 3.1 metres in length by 2.25 metres thick, and survives to a height of 0.6 metres.
2 miS
Area
Milecastle 26, Hadrian's Wall
53 min walk • Milecastle 26 was a milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall. Its position is slightly to the south of, but mostly covered by the B6318 Military Road. and it is located around 700 metres east of the B6318 Military Road's junction with the A6079.
4.2 miW
Area
Milecastle 31, Hadrian's Wall
107 min walk • Milecastle 31 was a milecastle of the Roman Hadrian's Wall. Its remains exist as a turf covered platform beside the B6318 Military Road, just to the east of Carrawburgh fort.