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Cairnfield on Crawley Edge is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Durham, situated approximately 500 metres north west of Hill Crest. The site comprises a field containing multiple cairns, representing a funerary landscape typical of the Bronze Age period when such stone-built mounds were constructed as communal or individual burial features across upland regions of northern England. The monument reflects the settlement and burial practices of Bronze Age communities who utilised the higher ground of the Pennines for these ritual purposes. The cairnfield survives as an important archaeological record of prehistoric activity in this area of County Durham.
Cairnfield on Crawley Edge, 500m north west of Hill Crest is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016816. View the official record →
Cairnfield on Crawley Edge is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Durham, situated approximately 500 metres north west of Hill Crest. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016816.
Cairnfield on Crawley Edge, 500m north west of Hill Crest 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 1016816.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Market cross, 35m and 50m south of St Thomas' Church (0.7 km), Stanhope Bridge (1.6 km), St Botolph's Chapel, 280m north east of Frosterley Bridge (3.8 km).
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