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Dry stone walls on Yeavering Bell, Northumberland

Yeavering Bell Yeavering Bell is a twin-peaked hill near the River Glen in Northumberland, in the Cheviots near Wooler and the hamlet of Yeavering. The hill, which reaches 1,184 feet above sea level, is encircled by the wall of a late-prehistoric hill fort, a tribal centre called in the British language and Old Welsh Din Gefron. The hill fort encloses an area of approximately twelve acres, enclosed by a stone wall over ten feet thick, having four entrances into it, one of which is defended by a guard-house; and within this area is an inner fort, excavated out of the rock. (Read more)