Hannah's Meadows

Hannah's Meadows is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Teesdale district of south-west County Durham, England.

It consists of three fields, located at Low Birk Hatt Farm, on the north side of Blackton Reservoir, in Baldersdale, some 5 miles (7 km) west of the village of Cotherstone.

Because Miss Hauxwell employed traditional farming practices, with no re-seeding and no artificial fertilisers, the meadows are thought to be the least improved in upland Durham, and, as a result, have a very rich floral composition, including rare species such as frog orchid, Coeloglossum viride, moonwort, Botrychium lunaria, and adder's-tongue, Ophioglossum vulgatum.

According to Roger of Wendover, the Viking ruler Eric Bloodaxe was betrayed and killed on Stainmore in AD 954, while on the run and after being expelled from York.

It's thundering of thousands of noises - or many peoples " the legendary poet ” Bragi ” replies : " Braka öll bekkþili, sem muni Baldr koma eptir í Óðins sali " The tables are rumbling; is Balder back and again in Odin's halls?

The Loki Stone - " The bondage of Loki "