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Greenlee Lough
Greenlee Lough is a Lake, lough or lake and national nature reserve (United Kingdom), national nature reserve north of Bardon Mill, and north of the Military Road (Northumberland), B6318 road in Northumberland, northern England.Professor Ian Shield, MPhil, MSc. The lough is owned and managed as a nature reserve by the Northumberland Wildlife Trust and the Northumberland National Park. It is a shallow lake fringed with water plants. Most of the reserve is open water. The lake's edge has Reed bed, reedbed, herb fen and blanket bog. It is used extensively by Anatidae, wildfowl and waders that feed in the shallow waters and wetlands. The lough was used as a reservoir by the Ancient Rome, Romans on Hadrian's Wall. Greenlee Sailing Club sailed GP14 (dinghy), GP14s, and later Laser (dinghy), Lasers, and Mirror (dinghy), Mirrors throughout the 60s. The club closed down in the 70s as members left for the larger, and more accessible, club at Derwent Reservoir (North East England), Derwent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northumberland
Northumberland () is a county in Northern England, one of two counties in England which border with Scotland. Notable landmarks in the county include Alnwick Castle, Bamburgh Castle, Hadrian's Wall and Hexham Abbey. It is bordered by land on three sides; by the Scottish Borders region to the north, County Durham and Tyne and Wear to the south, and Cumbria to the west. The fourth side is the North Sea, with a stretch of coastline to the east. A predominantly rural county with a landscape of moorland and farmland, a large area is part of Northumberland National Park. The area has been the site of a number of historic battles with Scotland. Name The name of Northumberland is recorded as ''norð hẏmbra land'' in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, meaning "the land north of the Humber". The name of the kingdom of ''Northumbria'' derives from the Old English meaning "the people or province north of the Humber", as opposed to the people south of the Humber Estuary. History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
