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Settlingstones Burn
Map showing the lower course of Settlingstones Burn (4.3 km long).
Settlingstones Burn is a tributary of Newbrough Burn, which goes on to hoin the River South Tyne. The burn flows close to the settlement of Settlingstones, where there was once a substantial witherite mine. Settlingstones Burn has several tributaries, including Cowey Sike. Its notable that there is a spring feeding this water course, to the west of Grindon Farm. There is also Shield on the Wall Dam to the north-west.
