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Cairn cemetery 700 yards northeast of Cateran Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Northumberland. The site comprises a grouping of burial cairns characteristic of prehistoric ceremonial practice in northern Britain, dating to the Bronze Age period when such communal or family burial grounds served important social and ritual functions. The physical remains consist of stone-built mounds constructed over cremated remains or inhumations, typical of cairn cemetery sites across upland regions of northern England. The monument's survival in the landscape, despite subsequent disturbance and erosion, provides evidence of Bronze Age mortuary practices and settlement patterns in the Northumberland uplands.
Cairn cemetery 700yds (640m) NE of Cateran Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006453. View the official record →
Cairn cemetery 700 yards northeast of Cateran Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Northumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006453.
Cairn cemetery 700yds (640m) NE of Cateran Hill 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 1006453.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round cairn on Titlington Pike (7.9 km), Round cairn, 78m south-east of Titlington Pike (7.9 km), Round cairn, 50m south of Titlington Pike (7.9 km).
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