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Bewick and Beanley Moors
Bewick and Beanley Moors is the name given to a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in north Northumberland, in the north-east of England. The moors are asserted to be of national importance by Natural England for the extent, quality and diversity of upland types including heaths, fens, wet grassland, flushes, mires and blanket bogs, together creating an extensive mosaic habitat supporting an exceptional community of amphibians. The moors are important, too, for their relict juniper woodland and scrub. Designated in 2010, Bewick and Beanley Moors incorporates within its boundaries two now denotified SSSIs, Hannah's Hill, Harehope (first notified in 1968) and Quarryhouse Moor Ponds (first notified in 1986).
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Cateran Hole
Cateran Hole is a circa 35m length cave set in the Gritstone of Cateran Hill in Northumberland. It lies about 4 miles due north of Eglingham, and can be reached by lining up the tall mast behind the farm with the left-hand end of the wood to the side of the Quarry House farm (to the north of the cave), then walking on this bearing.
A shallow crater with cut steps leads down into an easy rift passage which ultimately chokes. After the initial steepness of the steps, the passage is roomy with a slight downward tilt, running between two large planes of Gritstone which close in above. After about 30m a block, protruding downwards from the ceiling, reduces the route to a crawl into a small chamber which is choked by large blocks ahead. This crawl is sandy and often completely dry, although in very wet weather it occasionally sumps. The main fault, however, continues, and it is likely that this cave could be extended by concerted digging (a dangerous activity), although it is difficult to see why this would be done in Gritstone, where there is unlikely to be found any significant lateral development.
Cateran Hole is reputed to have been a smugglers' hiding place, although locals claim that it once linked nearby Chillingham Castle with Hepburn. The latter seems unlikely as it tends in the direction of neither, while the carved stone steps favour the former.
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Old Bewick
Old Bewick is a rural village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Bewick, in the county of Northumberland, England, notable for its Bronze Age cairn, Iron Age hill fort, 12th-century church; and for cup and ring marked stones – some of the first to be documented in Britain. In 1951 the parish had a population of 82.
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Bewick, Northumberland
Bewick () is a civil parish in the county of Northumberland, England. In 2001 it had a population of 69, increasing to 138 (after the inclusion of Chillingham) at the 2011 Census. The parish consists of the hamlets of Old Bewick and New Bewick, both about 10 miles (16 km) north-west of Alnwick. The parish was formed on 1 April 1955 from the parishes of Old Bewick and New Bewick.
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Hepburn, Northumberland
Hepburn is a hamlet and former civil parish, now in the parish of Chillingham in the county of Northumberland, England. In 1951 the parish had a population of 43.