Duddo Five Stones
1.6 miles (2.5 km)This walk visits the ancient Duddo Five Stones in Northumberland, near the border with Scotland.
Just to the west of Duddo village there's some roadside parking where you can start your walk. From here you follow a trail north for about 15 minutes to reach the stones.... The stones date from the Bronze Age around 4000 years ago.
From the site there are some excellent views of the Cheviot Hills of England and the Lammermuir Hills of the Scotland.
To continue your historical walking in the area you could try the Norham Castle Walk.
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Duddo stone circle, all 5 stones. The stones were known as the Four Stones until 1903, when the fifth stone was re-erected to improve the skyline. There were originally seven stones, the empty sockets of two stones being found on the western side during excavation in the 1890s.
Information Board, Duddo Stone Circle. The stones themselves are made of soft local sandstone and have been dramatically sculpted by millennia of Northumbrian weather into deep, vertical fissures. These unique grooves have earned the site nicknames such as "The Singing Stones," as the wind is said to create musical sounds when it whistles through them. Archaeological excavations in the late 19th century uncovered a central pit containing charcoal and cremated human remains, suggesting the circle served as a sacred space for burials or ancient rituals. Local folklore adds to the site's mystery, with one legend claiming the stones were once seven turnip pickers turned to stone for working on the Sabbath.
Duddo village
Duddo Tower.