Cotherstone is a Village in the county of County Durham.

Retail in Cotherstone

There are great places to visit near Cotherstone including some great waterfalls, towns, country parks and airports.

The area close to Cotherstone boasts some of the best waterfalls including Summerhill Force.

Cotherstone has some unmissable towns nearby like Stockton-on-Tees, and Middleton-in-Teesdale.

Hardwick Country Park is one of Cotherstone's best, nearby country parks to visit in Cotherstone.

There are a number of airports near to Cotherstone including Teesside International Airport.

Cotherstone History

There are some historic monuments around Cotherstone:

• Roman Fort (Lavatrae)
• Two burnt mounds 350m north east of Stotley Grange
• Cairn at West Moor Bottom, Mudbeck
• Thorsgill Beck packhorse bridge
• Ring cairn at the northern end of Scale Knoll Allotment, 750m WNW of Haythwaite
• Bowes Castle
• A cairn on the summit of a knoll, in the southwest corner of Scale Knoll Allotment,800m south east of Far East Hope, Barningham Moor
• Burnt mound at Knott Well 370m north east of Stotley Grange
• Cup and ring marked rock 80m south of West Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• Cairn, 650m SSE of Bragg House, Barningham Moor
• Area of carved bedrock 120m south of The Rigg
• Two carved rocks east of West Pasture, 335m south west of The Rigg
• Cup and groove marked rock 590m north of Brier Dykes, Baldersdale
• Cup marked rock outcrop at the base of a wall 120m east of East Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• Cairnfield partly enclosed by a bank, on the east side of Woodclose Gill, Scale Knoll Allotment, Barningham Moor, 550m south of Hurst Hill
• Unenclosed settlement, 260m south east of Cowclose House, Barnigham Moor
• Medieval chapel 350m south east of Castle Farm
• Prehistoric enclosure on the west side of Scale Knoll Gill, 400m WSW of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Cup and ring marked rock on Cotherstone Moor 520m north west of East Loups's
• Rock with one cup on Goldsborough Rigg, Cotherstone Moor, 860m north west of West Loups's
• Carved rock in West Pasture 385m south west of The Rigg
• Carved rock with one cup and four grooves 260m south west of The Rigg
• Carved rock and Romano-British settlement known as Greystone, 250m south of Moorcock Farm, Barningham Moor
• Prehistoric defended settlement 500m north west of West Holme House
• A cairn, east of Scale Knoll Allotment, 260m south west of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• A carved rock between The Stang Forest boundary wall and Woodclose Gill, 750m south east of Far East Hope, Barningham Moor
• Cup and ring marked rock 130m south west of West Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• Roman shrine on Scargill Moor
• Rock with many cup marks on the east bank of How Beck, 450m north west of West Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• Deepdale Bridge
• A cup and groove marked rock, east of Woodclose Gill, 645m north east of Black Hill Gate, Barningham Moor
• Cup and groove marked rock on the south bank of Scaletree Gill, 560m north west of Park House Farm, Baldersdale
• Medieval farmstead 390m south of Lodge Sike Farm
• Carved rocks in Stobgreen Plantation
• Cup marked rock on the summit of the hill, 420m west of Howgill Grange
• Cairnfield on the north east slope of Ravock, Bowes Moor
• Cup and ring marked rock on Goldsborough Rigg, Cotherstone Moor, 870m south south east of Pitcher House
• Cup marked rocks and cairnfield at Bracken Heads, 380m north east of Folly Head
• Cairnfield and associated remains, 250m south east of Bragg House, Barningham Moor
• A cairn and a carved rock on a prominent knoll, south of the road from Barningham to East Hope, 690m WSW of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• A carved rock within a large enclosure, 800m north east of Badger Way Stoop, Barningham Moor
• Cairn on a low ridge on the east side of Ravock, Bowes Moor, 860m west south west of West Stoney Keld
• Prehistoric carved rocks and associated remains including cairns and a field system 800m south of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Carved rock 160m north west of Abbey Farm
• Prehistoric enclosure 530m and a rubble bank 500m east of Haythwaite in Scale Knoll Allotment, Barningham Moor
• Carved rock and cairn in Rowley Intake, 410m south east of Cowclose House, Barningham Moor
• Carved rock, cist and cairnfield 580m west of Hindon Edge
• Carved rock and prehistoric enclosure on west side of Scale Knoll Gill, 410m south west of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Cup and ring marked rock on Goldsborough Rigg, Cotherstone Moor, 860m south east of Pitcher House
• Late prehistoric ditched, scarp-edge settlement 400m south-south-west of East Mellwaters farmhouse
• Cup, ring and groove marked rock 170m south west of West Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• Scargill fortified house, medieval settlement and associated field system
• Three cairns on Ravock, Bowes Moor, 830m north east of Ravock Castle
• Cup marked rock 100m north of West Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• Ring cairn 350m east of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Late prehistoric walled settlement 200m south-south-east of East Mellwaters farmhouse
• A rock with cups and rings in Scale Knoll Allotment, 790m WSW of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Barnard Castle Bridge
• A prehistoric carved rock with four cups 620m north of Brier Dykes, Baldersdale
• Cup, ring and groove marked rock on Kearton Rigg, 430m south of West Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• Cairnfield on Ravock, 600m south east of Ravock Castle, Bowes Moor
• Carved rock north of Washbeck Green, 570m south of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• The Christening Stone, 160m east of Doe Park
• Cairn, 545m ESE of Bragg House, Barningham Moor
• A cairn, a carved rock, and a rubble bank, in the south west corner of Scale Knoll Allotment, 800m south east of Far East Hope, Barningham Moor
• Burnt mound between Knottwell Sike and Bell Sike, 420m north east of Stotley Grange
• Medieval farmstead and two prehistoric carved rocks at West Loup's
• Medieval linear earthwork, enclosures and farmstead and Bronze Age burnt mound 110m and 420m north west of Heatherlea
• A carved rock and boulder walling, near the south wall of Scale Knoll Allotment, 500m north east of Black Hill Gate
• Cairn on the north side of Ravock, Bowes Moor, 600m west of West Stoney Keld
• Cairn, 625m SSE of Bragg House, Barningham Moor
• Egglestone Abbey Premonstratensian monastery: inner precinct, monastic enclosures and post-medieval house
• Cup ring and groove marked rock outcrop at Toby Wall, 260m north east of West Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• A carved rock with at least 12 cups, 560m north of Brier Dykes, Baldersdale
• Carved rocks, cairnfield and rubble banks on the terrace south of Scale Knoll Allotment, immediately east of Black Hill Gate, Barningham Moor
• A cup marked rock with 13 cups and a groove, on a knoll in Scale Knoll Allotment, 700m north east of Black Hill Gate, Barningham Moor
• Cairn on a prominent knoll and cairnfield to its south east on Ravock, Bowes Moor
• Carved rock 380m ENE of Bragg House, Barningham Moor
• A rock with a cup and a groove, in the south west corner of Scale Knoll Allotment, 790m south east of Far East Hope, Barningham Moor
• A cairn on a knoll east of Woodclose Gill, in Scale Knoll Allotment, 785m north east of Black Hill Gate
• Cairnfield on Ravock, 880m north west of Rovegill House
• Cup, ring and groove marked rock 310m west of East Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• Cotherstone Castle
• A cairn and a rubble bank in Scale Knoll Allotment, 510m WSW of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• A cairn and a carved rock west of Cowclose Gill, in Scale Knoll Allotment, 460m west of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Cup and groove marked rock on Goldsborough Rigg, Cotherstone Moor, 920m south east of Pitcher House
• Cup and groove marked rock 450m WNW of Howgill Grange, Baldersdale
• Three prehistoric carved rocks on Goldsborough Rigg, Cotherstone Moor, 860m SSE Pitcher House
• Ring cairn on Goldsborough, Cotherstone Moor, 840m south of Pitcher House
• Carved bedrock with cups and grooves 170m south east of The Rigg
• Romano-British settlement site to the east and south-east of East Mellwaters farmhouse
• Barnard Castle: ringwork, shell keep castle, chapel and dovecote
• A carved rock with one cup, at the east side of Woodclose Gill, in Scale Knoll Allotment, 500m north east of Black Hill Gate, Barningham Moor
• A Roman period native settlement, prehistoric carved rock and an iron smelting site on Knott Hill, 750m south of Stone Cross
• A rock with three grooves and five cups with rings, in Scale Knoll Allotment, 800m WSW of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Four areas of carving on a rock outcrop 200m south west of The Rigg