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Cheviot Hills

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Cheviot Hills

 

low mountains in Great Britain, situated between the Southern Uplands and the Pennines. The Cheviot, at 816 m tall, is the highest peak. The mountains are composed of granite, tuffs, limestones, and sandstones. There are heathlands, meadows, and peat bogs. Sheep are raised here.

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Taken from 3,000ft above the Cheviot Hills, in Northumberland, the images look more like the peaks of mountains in Antarctica.
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But when he got the quote through the post for his remote house in the Cheviot Hills, Powburn, Northumberland, he couldn't believe the price.
"Being a North Country Cheviot Sheep Competition, it could not be held in more fitting a place, here at the foot of Cheviot, in Wooler, a town referred to as the Gateway to the Cheviot Hills.
Dog Sheila and shepherd John Dagg were involved in two rescues in the Cheviot Hills, with the canine later the first civilian pet to be given a celebrated medal.
The third Kirknewton Festival of Archaeology and Walking will focus on the north of the park on the edge of the Cheviot Hills.
This will provide visitors with a panoramic view of Holy Island itself and sweeping views of the Farne Islands, the Cheviot Hills and the Berwickshire coast.
HIS farmhouse withattached cottage has views over the River Tweed towards the Cheviot Hills.
Once a farmstead for local shepherds, Whiteburnshank is a remote building high up in the Cheviot Hills which has been converted into an outdoor activity centre for Ashington-based charity Northumberland Positive Futures.
Three teenagers were led to safety after a search by an RAF helicopter and a rescue team in the Cheviot Hills, Northumberland.
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