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Burn Divot Drovers House and Sheepfold


Burn Divot is a ruined drover's house and surrounding sheepfold, located about 1¼ mile north-west of Whiteside in Northumberland. The house is dated 1736 on door lintel. The ruins are Grade II listed on the National Heritage List for England.

Thirlwall Civil Parish 1736 Historic Buildings and Monuments in Thirlwall Civil Parish
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Burn Divot Drover's House and sheepfold walls
- "Northwards is a solitary house called Burn Divot which was once the resort of smugglers and sheep stealers. Lights. as the shepherds believe are still to be seen at night …
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Burn Divot
- Shieling and Sheepfold. Photo by Les Hull, 4 May, 2006, Geograph, CC-BY-SA 2.0
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Burn Divot
- The derelict cottage at Burn Divot. Photo by Peter McDermott, 24 June, 2011, Geograph, CC-BY-SA 2.0
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Burn Divot Drovers House and Sheepfold Walls - Thirlwall - List Entry
- Ruin of drover's house and surrounding sheepfold walls. Dated 1736 on door lintel. House dressed snecked stone; squared rubble walls. Roofless single- storey, 3-bay house. Central doorway has rusticated jambs …
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Geo / Heritage Meta Data

List number: 1010955
List grade: 2
County: Northumberland
Grid ref: NY6940870835

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