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The Land
‘The house I was born in, I could throw a stone into the dene, I could throw a stone into the pit, I could throw a stone into the brickyard, I could throw a stone into a quarry over a railway on the dilly line. The dene, the pit, the brickyard, they were our playgrounds.’
Alan
The land beneath Throckley holds the secrets of our history. Underneath Hexham Road are the remains of the Roman Wall, ancient woodland can still be found in Throckley Dene, and Dewley Law offers a reminder of our prehistoric past.
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