The Cheviot

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High Point of Northumberland at 2676 feet (815 metres) it can just about call itself a mountain, being over 2000 feet.
It's not the most handsome hill of the area and is surrounded by more attractive peaks but if you're into hill walking I guess you'll have to tick it off
Category: park national tourism walking holiday hills northumberland mountain
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cheviot
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Coordinates:   55°28'45"N   2°8'53"W

Comments

  • Who writes these comments? have they ever been there. An Tibhiot Who made that one up.This is England and Southern Scotland,no Gallic in this area. The view from the top cairn is not good being on a large plateau but the views from any place around the rim are very good indeed as Cheviot dominates the whole area and is often snow covered. The North and West sides have deep ravines and the surrounding valleys being near sea level show Cheviot as quite imposing.
  • "No Gallic in this area"?!?! One would hope not. However Gaelic was at one stage spoken throughtout what is now Scotland and indeed areas of Northern England (as well as the Isle of Man and Ireland). Therefore it's not surprising the language has left its mark on certain local placenames even to this day. For further information please contact any Gaelic/Celtic department anywhere in Scotland.
  • Actually Gaelic wasn't spoken throughout the area you described and especially not Northumberland. You are probably thinking of Brythonic, a distant relative of Gaelic.
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