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Benthall round cairn

England
List entry 1008430
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1008430
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.02 hectares
Grid reference
NU 23715 28908
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Benthall round cairn is a prehistoric burial monument located in Northumberland, England. The site is a round cairn, a form of ceremonial burial structure characteristic of Bronze Age funerary practice in northern Britain. As a scheduled ancient monument, it represents an important survival of the region's early metalworking period landscape. The cairn's construction and positioning reflect the funerary traditions and ritual practices of Bronze Age communities in this part of Northumberland.

Benthall round cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008430. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Benthall round cairn?

Benthall round cairn is a prehistoric burial monument located in Northumberland, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008430.

Who is responsible for protecting Benthall round cairn?

Benthall round cairn is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1008430.

What other scheduled monuments are near Benthall round cairn?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including St Ebba's chapel and monastic site (0.3 km), Deserted medieval village and chapel at Tughall (3.5 km), Preston Tower (6.4 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

St Ebba's chapel and monastic site
0.3 km
Deserted medieval village and chapel at Tughall
3.5 km
Preston Tower
6.4 km
Dovecote S of Glebe Farm
6.6 km
Pre-Conquest monastic cell and post-Conquest monastic settlement on Inner Farne
7.3 km
Defended settlement on Dunstan Hill 400m north of Doxford Farm
7.5 km
Dunstanburgh Castle: Romano-British settlement, 14th century enclosure castle and harbour, and World War II pillbox and foxhole
7.5 km
Round barrow 520m WNW of Quarry Cottage
7.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Benthall round cairn

Benthall round cairn stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.

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