Duddo Five Stones

#4823 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Duddo Five Stones is a stone circle north of Duddo in North Northumberland, approximately 4miles South of the Scottish Border. The stones were known as the Four Stones until 1903, when the fifth stone was re-erected to improve the skyline. There were originally seven stones, the empty sockets of two stones being found on the western side during excavation in the 1890s. ()

Coordinates: 55°41'12"N, 2°6'43"W

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Duddo Five Stones – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Shielfield Park, Etal Castle, Norham Castle, Ford Castle.

6.3 miNE
Arenas and stadiums, Sport, Sport venue
Shielfield Park, Berwick-upon-Tweed
161 min walk • Shielfield Park is a football stadium that is home to Berwick Rangers and Berwick Bandits speedway team. Although Berwick Rangers is a Scottish Lowland Football League club, Shielfield Park is situated in the English county of Northumberland.
2.7 miS
Forts and castles
Etal Castle, Ford and Etal
70 min walk • Etal Castle is a ruined medieval fortification in the village of Etal, Northumberland, England. It was built around 1341 by Robert Manners, and comprised a residential tower, a gatehouse and a corner tower, protected by a curtain wall.
2.8 miNW
Forts and castles, Romanesque architecture
Norham Castle, Berwick-upon-Tweed
72 min walk • Norham Castle is a castle in Northumberland, England, overlooking the River Tweed, on the border between England and Scotland. It is a Grade I listed building and a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
3.9 miS
Forts and castles
Ford Castle, Ford and Etal
100 min walk • Ford Castle is a Grade I listed building situated at a shallow crossing point on the River Till, Ford, Northumberland, England. The castle dates from about 1278. The owner Sir William Heron was granted a licence to crenellate the castle in 1338. It was captured by the Scots in 1385 and dismantled by them.
6.8 miNE
City wall
Berwick town walls, Berwick-upon-Tweed
174 min walk • Berwick's town walls are a sequence of defensive structures built around the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed in England.
3.9 miS
Museum, Specialty museum, Art museum
Lady Waterford Hall, Berwick-upon-Tweed
101 min walk • Lady Waterford Hall is the former village school of the estate village of Ford, Northumberland. It is now used as the village hall and is a Grade II* listed building.
5.5 miSW
Bridge
Coldstream Bridge, Coldstream
141 min walk • Coldstream Bridge, linking Coldstream, Scottish Borders with Cornhill-on-Tweed, Northumberland, is an 18th-century Category A/Grade II* listed bridge between England and Scotland, across the River Tweed. The bridge carries the A697 road across the Tweed.
4.5 miN
Bridge
Union Chain Bridge, Berwick-upon-Tweed
116 min walk • The Union Chain Bridge or Union Bridge is a suspension bridge that spans the River Tweed four miles upstream of Berwick, straddling the border between England and Scotland.
2.9 miW
Forts and castles
Twizell Castle
76 min walk • Twizell Castle is a Grade II* listed building and a Scheduled Ancient Monument which stands on a bend of the River Till at Tillmouth Park, Northumberland, northern England. Below it, the medieval Twizell Bridge spans the river. It is located 10 miles south-west of Berwick Upon Tweed.
5.1 miN
Museum, Historical place, Architecture
Paxton House, Berwick-upon-Tweed
132 min walk • Paxton House is a historic house at Paxton, Berwickshire, in the Scottish Borders, a few miles south-west of Berwick-upon-Tweed, overlooking the River Tweed.
3.3 miS
Museum, Scenic railroads, Tours
Heatherslaw Mill, Ford and Etal
85 min walk • Heatherslaw Mill is a water mill situated on the Ford and Etal Estate, 7 miles north of the town of Wooler in the English county of Northumberland. It is a restored 19th century water driven cornmill. Traditional methods and original machinery powered by the River Till are used to grind locally grown wheat into wholemeal flour.