Actively Northumberland - Harbottle - The Drake Stone.
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 Published On Sep 15, 2024

Welcome to the 20th episode! I was not sure if I would keep going when I started out with these but here we are. Thanks for watching.

Harbottle is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England about 10 miles (16 km) south-east of the Scottish border, in the southeastern part of the Cheviot Hills and inside Northumberland National Park. The village is the site of Harbottle Castle built by order of Henry II. Now in ruins, the castle was constructed by the Umfraville family to protect against invaders from Scotland.

The Drake Stone stands prominently on the hills surrounding Harbottle. The massive sandstone boulder, believed in times past to be endowed with supernatural powers, is a detached sandstone block of Fell Sandstone, which has moved very little from the Fell Sandstone outcrop within which it lies.

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