A lonesome cats eye
Introduction
The photograph on this page of A lonesome cats eye by Oliver Dixon as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © Oliver Dixon Taken: 9 Dec 2019
Look carefully and you will see a solitary "cats eye" or road stud, set into the surface of Whiteside Bank which was at one time the route by which the A68 descended into Tynedale from the south. This road was abandoned at least 30 years ago.