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Cliffe Bank, DARLINGTON, DL2 3SP

Much of the land in this locality is quite flat. One exception to this is Betty Watson's Hill (shown here) which lies just to the east of Cliffe Hall. This photograph was taken from the public footpath (which runs over the hill) looking in a northerly direction towards Piercebridge. The River Tees lies just beyond the trees that can be seen in the background of the picture.

A rather unremarkable small lump crowned by a large tree. The lump is a Bronze Age bowl barrow which was excavated in 1904. One assumes that Betty Watson was not around in the Bronze Age, but might have been a resident of nearby Cliffe Hall.

One of three Tumuli in the area. One sited at Carlbury north of the River Tees, known as Smotherlaw (NZ2116)

Footpath heading for a strip of woodland on the southern banks of the Tees. Fields and parkland here show extensive areas of ridge and furrow, which suggests that the tiny settlement of Cliffe may have been much larger at some time in the past.

A hamlet on the Yorkshire side of the River Tees.

This information board about the Roman Bridge is located in the car park. Piercebridge is a village in the county of Durham, some 5 miles west of Darlington. The village overlies a Roman fort built circa 265 where Dere Street, the Roman road from York to Newstead, crossed the River Tees. The fort was occupied until the fifth century and a civilian settlement was established to the east of the fort. The river has changed course and the remains of a Roman bridge over the river lie about a quarter of a mile east of the current bridge. Most of the site of the village is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1002365

This photograph shows a group of walkers coming through Kathleen Wood near Piercebridge. The footpath they are on runs in a southerly direction from near the George Hotel (on the B6275) to meet the access track that runs west from Cliffe Bank (again on the B6275 road).

A grassy trough that runs for some distance across Cliffe Park and parallel with the footpath. One source suggests that it may be the remains of a park pale. although a cobbled surface has been found beneath the surface.