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47: 31: 278: 54: 178:. The Haltwhistle Burn drains an area of approximately 42 km. Today the Burn is a haven for wildlife and a popular walk for residents and tourists but from Roman times until the 1930s the combination of valuable minerals and water power attracted a succession of industries which provided goods and employment to the town. 329:
research project led by Newcastle University. The project enabled the local community to monitor the weather and water environment using simple and low-cost methods, including rainfall, river levels and flood events. This has provided locals and scientists, who are concerned about preserving the
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The bed of the burn descends into the valley at a gentle angle of approximately 1 degree but the fall is sufficient to have run a corn mill and three woollen manufactories during the 18th and 19th centuries. The earliest of these processes to be mechanised was
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observations are being used to fill the data gaps in order to understand and manage location-specific issues. Commencing in 2013, the project was one of the first in the UK to explore and implement citizen science in this way.
218:. The water of the Haltwhistle Burn has cut through these deposits giving access to building stone, clay and coal, leading to the development of the associated industries of quarrying, 259:. The advent of steam-driven mills led to the abandonment of woollen processing along the burn. Two mills were demolished in the 1930s and the remaining 285:
The remains of Haltwhistle Burn Roman Fort are situated on the eastern bank of Haltwhistle Burn, just north of the point where it is crossed by the
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Kelly; et al. (2017). Kelly, Jason M.; Scarpino, Philip; Berry, Helen; Syvitski, James; Meybeck, Michel (eds.).
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Starkey, Eleanor; Parkin, Geoff; Birkinshaw, Stephen; Large, Andy; Quinn, Paul; Gibson, Ceri (2017).
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and through a dramatic sandstone gorge before descending between wooded banks to the South
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Ancient Frontiers. Exploring the geology and landscape of the Hadrian's Wall Area
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The Haltwhistle Burn has been used as an important pilot site for an innovative
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health of the Haltwhsitle Burn, with increased knowledge in order to manage
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History, Topography, & Directory of Northumberland (Hexham Division)
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Just to the north of the fort are three separate Roman marching camps.
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Period when variations in sea level resulted in successive deposits of
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Roman road dating from AD 71, the earlier northern frontier preceding
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is a river which lies to the east of the Northumbrian town of
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ed. T.F. Bulmer 1886, pub. T. Bulmer & Co. Manchester
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Haltwhistle Burn is located in Northumberland
United Kingdom
Northumberland
Mouth
54°58′00″N 2°26′37″W / 54.9666°N 2.4437°W / 54.9666; -2.4437
Haltwhistle
Whin Sill
burn
Roman
Hadrian's Wall
Tyne Valley
Northumberland
Carboniferous
limestone
shale
sandstone
coal
Yoredale Series
cyclothems
lime burning
coke (fuel)
coal-gas
Ironstone
fulling
carding
spinning
watermills
fulling mill
Aesica

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