Cawfields Quarry on the line of Hadrian's Wall, SCO 8641
The Newcastle Granite & Whinstone Company started to work the quarry around 1902 and laid down a 1ft 11½in gauge single track tramway – alleged to have cost £3,000 – to Town Foot. A crushing and grading plant was operated at the quarry, and a roadstone tarring plant at Town Foot. The layout at the quarry is now indiscernible due to the use of road transport in later years. On leaving the quarry, the track swept in an easy curve to hug the bank of the Haltwhistle Burn which it crossed where both passed under the main road. For some distance the gradient was reasonable until the head of the ravine was reached, where it steepened considerably. It was made more difficult by the line following every twist and turn of the burn to the foot of the glen and South Tyne Colliery (which now produces drain pipes). The line then ran side by side with the colliery tramway in a large ‘S’ curve, crossing the burn once again to end in sidings and a loading dock. Northumberland National Park is a special place, providing you with opportunities to experience tranquillity within a beautiful landscape setting, rich in wildlife and cultural heritage. Northumberland National Park Authority has a duty to promote the understanding and enjoyment of the special qualities of Northumberland National Park, and any recreational activities undertaken should be those that rely on these qualities and do nothing to damage them. In this area, lying as it does within Northumberland National Park, you’ll find the most meticulously preserved roman remains and possibly the most dramatic upland scenery to be found anywhere in Hadrian’s Wall Country.
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Location: Cawfields Quarry, Hadrian’s Wall, Northumberland National Park. England.
Photo credit: © David Gowans / Alamy / Afripics
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