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Bewick Hill is a Bronze Age burial cairn located in the parish of Old Bewick in Northumberland. The monument forms part of a wider distribution of prehistoric funerary monuments across the upland landscape of north-eastern England, reflecting patterns of settlement and land use during the second millennium BC. The cairn structure consists of a mound of stone constructed over a burial deposit, typical of Bronze Age funerary practice in northern Britain. Such monuments are significant archaeological remains that provide evidence of prehistoric social organisation, ritual practices, and the use of prominent landscape positions for commemorative purposes.
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 burial cairn located in the parish of 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).
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