3-611: Powburn is a small village on the A697 in Northumberland , England about 8 miles (13 km) south of Wooler and 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Alnwick . The Devil's Causeway passes through the village and continues north under the A697 road crossing the River Till . The causeway is a Roman road which starts at Portgate on Hadrian's Wall , north of Corbridge , and extends 55 miles (89 km) northwards across Northumberland to
6-623: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . A697 road The A697 is a road that can be used an alternative to the A1 for those travelling between Scotland and England via the North East . It connects Morpeth on the A1 to the A68 at Oxton , near Edinburgh . The road runs via Wooler and Coldstream , and passes through a largely rural area of the Scottish Borders . Stretches of
9-624: The mouth of the River Tweed at Berwick-upon-Tweed . By the roadside a stiff half-mile eastwards from Powburn is Crawley Tower, a fine medieval Border pele . The fortification is a strong one (its defensive ditch is still imposing) and probably guarded the crossing, near the former Hedgeley railway station , of the Breamish by the Devil's Causeway. [REDACTED] Media related to Powburn at Wikimedia Commons This Northumberland location article
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