Ratcheugh Observatory

Ratcheugh Observatory from the east

Ratcheugh Observatory is a late 18th-century folly on a prominent crag[a] between Alnwick and Longhoughton in north Northumberland, England. Commissioned by Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, the castellated Observatory incorporates a viewing tower with prospects of Alnwick and its castle, and of the North Sea coast at Boulmer.

  1. ^ Heslop, Richard Oliver (1894). Northumberland Words.


Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or {{efn}} templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} template or {{notelist}} template (see the help page).