NORTHUMBERLAND ANT) DTrHHAM. 



79 



generally measured from these as a basis by the Aneroid baro- 

 meter. ) 



Cheviot 2676* 



Cairn Hill 2545* 



Hedgehope 2346 



Lauglee Crags 1390* 



Langlee Farm-house 750 



Heathpool Linn Head . . . 350 

 Dunsdale Fai-m -house . . . 950 



Goldscleugh 1020 



Wooler Bridge 250 



Breamish at Branton 350 



West Newton Bridge 220* 



Roddam 510 



Glanton Hill 534 



Cushat Law 2019 



Weather Cairn 1836* 



Bench mark ten chains 



west of Coupland Castle 165* 

 Ross Castle 1036* 



2. NORTH-EASTEHN DISTEICT. 



This is a long narrow tract extending 80 miles along the coast, 

 from the Tweed nearly to the Aln, through which flow several 

 small streams from west to east. Prom the plain of the Till on 

 the west, it is separated by the range of sandstone and basaltic 

 moor, which has been mentioned already. Eoss Castle, the 

 highest point of the range (see above), is at the point where 

 districts one, two, and three meet. For some distance north- 

 ward the ridge is often 3 or 4 miles broad, with a decided slope 

 on both sides, and is but little planted or cultivated. Por 8 miles 

 it maintains this character of heathery moor, the most interesting- 

 plants being Myrica gale, Listera cordata and Trientalis eiiropcea, 

 all of which occur in considerable plenty. Black Heddon, north 

 of Belford, is a conspicuous heathery ridge, between 600 and 700 

 feet in altitude, with a base of arenaceous crag. On the north- 

 east, parallel with Black Heddon, but extending beyond it 

 in a northern direction, are Kyloe Crags, the finest range of ba- 

 saltic cliffs in the northern part of the county. This ridge is 

 a mile in length and slopes towards the sea, which is not more 

 than 2 miles distant. The direction is from north-west to south- 

 east, and the highest point a little under 600 feet. The seaward 

 slope is gradual and grassy, but the opposite face is precipitous, 

 the actual cliff being not more than 20 feet or 30 feet in depth ; 

 but the bank beneath it, about 50 feet in all, is steep and thickly 

 covered with basaltic debris. A list of the plants of this crag 



