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Cairn 1110m north-east of Cartington Castle is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Northumberland. The cairn represents funerary practice of the second millennium BCE and survives as a substantial earthwork within the landscape near the medieval castle site. Its precise form and dimensions are consistent with other cairns of the regional Bronze Age tradition, though detailed archaeological investigation of this particular example has been limited. The monument's survival in proximity to the later medieval fortification at Cartington demonstrates the palimpsest of human activity across this portion of Northumberland over more than three millennia.
Cairn 1110m north-east of Cartington Castle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008690. View the official record →
Cairn 1110m north-east of Cartington Castle is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Northumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008690.
Cairn 1110m north-east of Cartington Castle 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 1008690.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cup and ring marked rock and adjacent stone setting, 820m east of Whittondean Farm (5 km), Cairn 570m east-north-east of Wittondean Farm (5 km), Two round cairns 590m and 610m east of Burn Brae (5.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cairn 1110m north-east of Cartington Castle'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.
Cairn 1110m north-east of Cartington Castle stands on Border Group, bedrock that formed in the Meramecian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate argillaceous rocks and limestone.