2010

NU1023 : Inside the Cateran Hole looking back towards the entrance steps

taken 14 years ago, 3 km from Harehope, Northumberland, England

Inside the Cateran Hole looking back towards the entrance steps
Inside the Cateran Hole looking back towards the entrance steps
Popular tradition asserts that the passage is connected to the Henhole on the north side of Cheviot, some 17 km distant, passing under the Hurle Stone. Locals also claim that, at one time, it linked Chillingham with Hepburn. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, one of the meanings of the word “cateran” is, brigand, freebooter or marauder, and it seems that a much more likely explanation of the steps into this cave is that it was once a smugglers’ hiding place.

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Category: Caves
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Cateran Hole Looking [4] · Entrance Steps [4] · Inside Cateran Hole [4] ·
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NU1023, 17 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Phil Thirkell   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 7 May, 2010   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 13 May, 2010
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NU 103 235 [100m precision]
WGS84: 55:30.3100N 1:50.2523W
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OSGB36: geotagged! NU 103 234
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EAST (about 90 degrees)
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