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Cairn 900m north-east of Old Rothbury hillfort is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Northumberland. The cairn forms part of the Bronze Age burial landscape associated with the nearby Iron Age hillfort of Old Rothbury, demonstrating the long sequence of settlement and ritual activity in this area. As a stone cairn, it would have originally served as a burial marker, likely containing one or more inhumations or cremations typical of Bronze Age funerary practice. The monument remains a significant record of prehistoric land use and mortuary customs in the North East.
Cairn 900m north-east of Old Rothbury hillfort is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008757. View the official record →
Cairn 900m north-east of Old Rothbury hillfort is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Northumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008757.
Cairn 900m north-east of Old Rothbury hillfort 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 1008757.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two round cairns 590m and 610m east of Burn Brae (2.5 km), Lordenshaw multivallate hillfort, Romano-British settlements, field system, cairnfield, cross dyke, round cairn cemetery, rock art and medieval park pale (3.1 km), Round cairn on Garleigh Hill, 790m north east of Lordenshaw (3.4 km).
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