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Bewick Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument comprising a group of cairns and barrows located near Old Bewick in Northumberland. The site consists of several burial mounds distributed across the hilltop, representing a pattern of ritual and sepulchral activity typical of prehistoric burial practice in upland regions of northern England. These monuments date to the Bronze Age, a period during which such earthwork constructions became a dominant feature of the landscape, serving as durable markers of territorial and social significance for their communities. The barrows and cairns at Bewick Hill form part of the wider archaeological heritage of the Northumbrian uplands, where such funerary monuments remain important evidence for understanding prehistoric settlement, burial custom, and land use.
Bewick Hill, cairns and barrows, Old Bewick is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006583. View the official record →
Bewick Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument comprising a group of cairns and barrows located near Old Bewick in Northumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006583.
Bewick Hill, cairns and barrows, Old Bewick 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 1006583.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round cairn on Titlington Pike (7.2 km), Round cairn, 50m south of Titlington Pike (7.2 km), Round cairn, 78m south-east of Titlington Pike (7.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bewick Hill, cairns and barrows, Old Bewick's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Bewick Hill, cairns and barrows, Old Bewick stands on Border Group, bedrock that formed in the Meramecian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate argillaceous rocks and limestone.