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What is recorded here
Stanley sits in Northumberland, marked only as Milecastle 23 on the public map. The numbers suggest a measured line, perhaps a road or boundary stretching through landscape now forgotten. A person may have stood there, counted paces or watched carts pass. The name preserves that much of the distance without claiming more than it knows.
Milecastle 23 (Stanley) is shown as a archaeological place on the public map of Northumberland. The saved point is the map point or the centre of its mapped shape.
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Places near here
Stone circle (of sorts)Ancient stone or rock art · 458 yd
Stanley PlantationForest · 628 yd
Milecastle 24 (Wall Fell)Archaeological place · 1605 yd
Milecastle 22 (Portgate)Archaeological place · 1613 yd
Down HillMountain / peak · 1.9 mi
Aydon CastleCastle · 2.3 mi
Written CragCliff · 2.3 mi
Brady's CragNamed rock · 2.4 mi
Waterfall above the Cor Burn near Aydon CastleWaterfall · 2.4 mi
Square WoodWood · 2.5 miOther information
Photo: Mike Quinn · CC BY-SA 2.0