The Cheviot
The Cheviot | |
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Nuttall | |
Coordinates | 55°28′42″N 2°08′44″W / 55.47823°N 2.14553°W |
Naming | |
English translation | (Hill) having the quality of a ridge |
Language of name | Common Brittonic[3] |
Geography | |
The Cheviot in Northumberland | |
Location | Cheviot Hills, England |
OS grid | NT909205 |
Topo map | OS Landranger 74/75 |
Geology | |
Age of rock | Early Devonian[4] |
Mountain type | Stratovolcano (extinct) with pluton |
Last eruption | +393 MYA[4] |
The Cheviot (
The Cheviot was formed when melting in the crust over 390 million years ago gave rise to volcanic activity, producing a stratovolcano and pluton, and it has subsequently sustained intense erosion.[7] Several watercourses radiate from The Cheviot.[8]
Etymology
The name Cheviot, which was first documented in 1181 as Chiuiet,[9] is probably of Brittonic origin.[3] The name involves the element *ceμ-, meaning "a ridge", and the nominal suffix -ed, which in place-names can mean "having the quality of".[3] The inclusion of the definite article in its name is optional, with some hillwalkers simply referring to the mountain as 'Cheviot'.
Geography
At 2,674 feet (815 metres) above sea-level, The Cheviot is the highest point in the
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Usway Burn, a tributary of the Coquet, rises on The Cheviot, as does College Burn, which flows across a series of cascades though a gorge known as Hen Hole on the western flank of the mountain and merges with the Bowmont Water to form the River Glen near Kirk Newton. Harthope Burn also has its source at the Cheviot.[15][16][6][17]
Geology
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Mt_Etna_and_Catania1.jpg/220px-Mt_Etna_and_Catania1.jpg)
The Cheviot is an extinct
Human history
Flattened remnants of a
Harthope Burn, which cuts a deep valley on the flanks of The Cheviot, marked the boundary between the reivers of the English East and Middle Marches in the 16th and 17th century.[23]
During
Access
Other than the route via the Pennine Way, most routes up the Cheviot start from the Harthope Burn side to the northeast, which provides the nearest access by road. The summit is around 3 mi (5 km) from the road-end at Langleeford; across the valley to the east is the rounded peak of Hedgehope. There are routes following the ridges above either side of the valley, and a route that sticks to the valley floor until it climbs to the summit of the Cheviot from the head of the valley.
Although the Pennine Way does a 2 mi (3 km) out-and-back detour to the Cheviot, many walkers who come this way omit it, since the stage (the most northerly) is 29 mi (47 km) long.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/The_Cheviot_Summit.jpg/220px-The_Cheviot_Summit.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Harthope_Valley_-_Cheviots_-_geograph.org.uk_-_326148.jpg/220px-Harthope_Valley_-_Cheviots_-_geograph.org.uk_-_326148.jpg)
View
The view is obscured greatly by the flatness of the summit plateau. Nevertheless, on a clear day the following are visible (from west, clockwise);
Subsidiary SMC summits
Summit | Height (m) | Listing |
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Cairn Hill West Top [Hangingstone Hill] | 743 | DT,CoH,Bg,xN[25] |
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1-84-953239-6.
- ^ a b "The Cheviot".
- ^ a b c James, Alan. "A Guide to the Place-Name Evidence" (PDF). SPNS - The Brittonic Language in the Old North. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
- ^ a b c d Scrutton, Colin. "Page 1 Cheviot - early Devonian volcanic rocks, granite and basement". Archived from the original on 11 June 2021.
- ISBN 9781841624334.
- ^ a b "The Cheviot". Northumberland National Park. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ a b Geological history of Northumbria. Yorkshire Geological Society. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
- ^ [1] How this tranquil part of the North East is far from the madding crowd . Chronicle Live. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
- ^ Mawer, Allen (1920). The Place-Names of Northumberland and Durham. University Press. p. 44. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
- ISBN 9780857658159. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ISBN 9780713402896. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ a b "Cheviot - Panoramas". Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ [2]
- ISBN 9780300096385.
- ^ New Sporting Magazine - Volume 9. 1835.
- ISBN 9781107677500. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
- ^ "Hen Hole in Wooler". Fabulous North. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ "Walking in a volcano". Retrieved 10 June 2021.
- ^ a b c Kille, Ian. "15. Geology of the battlefield and wider landscape". Flodden 1513. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
- ISBN 978-1780465418. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- ^ a b c d "The Cheviot Hills". Geology North. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
- ^ a b c "Historical Sites". College Valley. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
- ^ "Earle (Northumberland)". Key to the Past. 4 November 2016.
- ^ a b Daniel, Brian (19 December 2014). "Aircrew remembered at ceremony 70 years on from crash in the Northumberland Cheviot Hills". Retrieved 22 March 2021.
- ^ "Cairn Hill West Top [Hangingstone Hill]".
External links
- Computer generated summit panorama The Cheviot