Milepost north of The Highlander Inn (Belsay)
Milepost north of The Highlander Inn. Photo by I Davison.
A milepost has been noted on this stretch of the A696; such monuments were set up to mark the distances between major centres, with the inscription for Newcastle upon Tyne (12 miles), Belsay (1-3/4 miles), and Ponteland (4 miles).
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