Jackson, Ian. Northumberland Rocks — 50 extraordinary rocky places that tell the story of the Northumberland landscape. Newcastle upon Tyne : Northern Heritage, 2021. The richly illustrated and accessible book series of Northumberland, Cumbria and Durham Rocks are available to purchase from Northern Heritage.

Northumberland Rocks

By Ian Jackson

Front cover

Introduction

This resource is a personal selection of 50 places across the old county of Northumberland. Places where rocks make a special statement about the region’s landscape, history, culture and wildlife.

Some of these places are well known, other less so and the journey to discover them has taken me to hidden corners. The rock sites are an attempt to cover the geography of the historic county, but more to explore its third dimension, its geological past. This book aspires to make that story accessible; it is intended for everyone who is curious about their landscape.

What started out as desire to engage friends and non-geologist colleagues in the amazing stories our rocks tell, morphed into a celebration of 50 years of Northumberland Wildlife Trust, and now into this book. Author’s royalties from its sale will go to the Trust.

I hope this book engages you.

Ian Jackson September 2021

Contents

Title page and preliminaries

Contents

Ancient seas, rivers and life

1 Akenshaw Burn

2 Belsay Hall

3 Drake Stone

4 Green Carts Quarry

5 Jesmond Dene

6 Kielder Stone

7 Queen's Crag

8 Simonside

9 Sugar Sands Bay

10 Tynemouth Castle

Volcanoes and molten rock

11 Coquet valley

12 Cuddy's Crags

13 Cullernose Point

14 Great Standrop

15 Holy Island

16 Housey Crags

17 Limestone Corner

18 Linhope Spout

19 Lumsden Law

20 Walltown Quarry

21 Berwick

Earthquakes and folded rocks

22 Coquet Head

23 Crindledykes

24 Cullercoats

25 Howick Haven

26 Saltpan Rocks

Climate and landscape change

27 Beldon Cleggh

28 Bradford Kame

29 Broomlee Lough

30 Down Hill

31 Druridge Bay

32 Echo Crags

33 Fallowfield

34 Falstone Moss

35 Gelt Linn

36 Hauxley

37 Shaftoe Crags

Heritage and mining

38 Allenheads

39 Beltingham

40 Duddo Stones

41 Dukesfield

42 Hancock Museum

43 Haltwhistle Burn

44 Hareshaw Burn

45 Hartley New Pit

46 Lynemouth

47 Newcastle upon Tyne

48 The Spetchells

49 Town Moor

5O Woodhorn Museum