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OVERVIEW: Stretching north from Alwinton to the Scottish Borders, Clennell Street was an important route even before the Romans came to Britain. In medieval times it was a drove road, and later Border reivers used the route to return with their plunder of stolen cattle. In the 17th century the Street was used by smugglers taking illicit whisky and other contraband over the border. All is quiet now, and the ancient route makes a fine walking path across the Cheviot Hills. The village of Alwinton sits in a hollow in the hills where the rivers of Alwin and Coquet meet. One of the oldest and most naturally beautiful villages in Northumberland, it’s above all a shepherds’ village, with a famous sheep show held there every October.

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