Pre history in Northumberland

Up here in the Cheviots and across the National Park it is sometimes possible to imagine yourself back in simpler more primitive times. But when you start to read about history in the Borders there is a tendency to start with the Romans. Almost as if those who came before do not matter.

However two discoveries have opened up this time....well in a small way...for us.

First off we have been looking at the prehistoric rock art of Northumberland and nobody photographs than Rockartwolf.

The second surprise was reading Alastair Moffat's book on Border history and what he calls the wildwood time. Sure the story of the ancient hunter gatherers is fiction, but this is fiction which was probably true. Just no one ever recorded it.

So although most of our visitors think of Romans and Border Reivers there is in fact much more history up here in Northumberland.