6 miles from Lands Common to Brancepeth and Brandon and Byshottles Parish

A charming Gothic Revival 'eyecatcher' built in 1760 in the park of the Bishops of Durham. It provided deer with shelter and food, and had grounds for picnics and rooms for enjoying the view.

8 miles from Lands Common to Brancepeth and Brandon and Byshottles Parish

The very extensive remains of a 13th-century priory, founded on the site of a retired pirate's hermitage. Part of it later served as a holiday retreat for the monks of Durham Cathedral.

11 miles from Lands Common to Brancepeth and Brandon and Byshottles Parish

Built in the 1720s, Derwentcote is the earliest and most complete steel-making furnace in Britain. It produced high-grade steel for springs and cutting tools.

15 miles from Lands Common to Brancepeth and Brandon and Byshottles Parish

Stonework foundations, now marooned in a field, of a bridge which once led to Piercebridge Roman Fort.

16 miles from Lands Common to Brancepeth and Brandon and Byshottles Parish

The remains of a small temple to the native god 'Antenociticus', in the 'vicus' (civilian settlement) which stood outside Benwell fort.

16 miles from Lands Common to Brancepeth and Brandon and Byshottles Parish

A stone-built causeway, where the road from the south crossed the Vallum earthwork on its way to Benwell fort.