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Catraw


Catraw is a farm / hamlet located a short distance west of the village of Stannington in Northumberland. Catraw Burn, a tributary of the River Blyth, flows nearby. There was once a bastle (fortified farm building) and a quarry here. Catraw is part of Stannington Civil Parish.

Northumberland Stannington Civil Parish Catraw Burn
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Catraw

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Catraw near Stannington

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Arable field entrance, Catraw

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Catraw bastle (Stannington)
- "The old farmhouse at Catraw was demolished in about 1970 and was probably a bastle. Some of the lower walls remain....."

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Simon Cotterill
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Former quarry in Catraw Valley (Stannington)
- "A 'old quarry' is marked on the second edition (6-inch) Ordnance Survey map of the 1890s. It does not appear on the first edition but must have been of some …

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