Dead Stones

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Dead Stones rises to 710 m (2,329 ft) in County Durham. It is one of the 316 Hewitts, and a Nuttall besides. It stands inside the North Pennines National Landscape.

Burnhope Seat - Trig Point and Burnhope Seat are among the hills within 2.5 km. The nearest railway station is Alston, 10.2 km to the north-west.

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