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Cairn 500m west of Debdon Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Northumberland. The site consists of a cairn, a mound constructed from heaped stone characteristic of prehistoric funerary practices in northern England. Such monuments typically date to the second millennium BCE and served as communal or individual burial structures, reflecting the ritual and social practices of Bronze Age communities. The cairn's survival as an archaeological feature contributes to understanding settlement patterns and funerary traditions across the Northumberland landscape during this period.
Cairn 500m west of Debdon Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011632. View the official record →
Cairn 500m west of Debdon Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Northumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011632.
Cairn 500m west of Debdon Farm 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 1011632.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cup and ring marked rock and adjacent stone setting, 820m east of Whittondean Farm (4.4 km), Cairn 570m east-north-east of Wittondean Farm (4.5 km), Two round cairns 590m and 610m east of Burn Brae (4.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cairn 500m west of Debdon Farm'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 500m west of Debdon Farm stands on Border Group, bedrock that formed in the Meramecian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate argillaceous rocks and limestone.