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SHAFTOE (East and West), two townships in Hartburn parish, Northumberland; 10 miles W S W of Morpeth. Acres, 602 and 489. Pop., 32 and 31. Houses, 6 and 6. S. Crags are a wildly picturesque range of rocks; are supposed, by some writers, to have been a haunt of Druids; and are now a favourite resort of picnic parties. An ancient chapel stood on a spot to the S of the crags; and a curious incised tombstone was found there in 1831.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "two townships" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Hartburn Parish Northumberland Ancient County |
| Place: | Shaftoe |
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