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Hart Heugh cairnfield is a Bronze Age burial monument comprising a cluster of stone cairns situated on the north-western slopes of Hart Heugh in Northumberland, approximately nine hundred metres south-west of Wooler Common. The site consists of multiple burial cairns, typical of Bronze Age funerary practice in the upland regions of northern England, where such monuments were constructed as communal or family burial places. The cairnfield represents settlement and land-use patterns in the Bronze Age uplands, reflecting the pastoral economy and social organisation of prehistoric Northumbrian communities. The scattered arrangement of the cairns across the sloping terrain is characteristic of Bronze Age cairnfield sites distributed across the Cheviot hills and surrounding moorland.
Bronze Age cairnfield on north west slopes of Hart Heugh, 900m south west of Wooler Common is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018376. View the official record →
Hart Heugh cairnfield is a Bronze Age burial monument comprising a cluster of stone cairns situated on the north-western slopes of Hart Heugh in Northumberland, approximately nine hundred metres south-west of Wooler Common. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018376.
Bronze Age cairnfield on north west slopes of Hart Heugh, 900m south west of Wooler Common 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 1018376.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Settlement S of Hare Law (8.7 km), Unenclosed hut circle settlement, associated field system and cairnfield on Standrop Rigg, 820m north west of Linhope Spout (8.8 km), Unenclosed hut circle settlement, field system, cairnfield and cord rig cultivation immediately north west of Linhope Spout (8.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bronze Age cairnfield on north west slopes of Hart Heugh, 900m south west of Wooler Common'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.
Bronze Age cairnfield on north west slopes of Hart Heugh, 900m south west of Wooler Common stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Silurian To Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.