Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HALIDON HILL

HALIDON HILL, an eminence on the N verge of Northumberland; rising gradually from the river Tweed, 2 miles W of Berwick. A battle was fought here in 1333 between the English and the Scots; and is the subject of a drama by Sir Walter Scott.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "an eminence"   (ADL Feature Type: "mountains")
Administrative units: Northumberland AncC
Place: Halidon Hill

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