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Crigdon Hill round cairn is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Northumberland. The site consists of a substantial earthen and stone mound characteristic of round cairns constructed during the Bronze Age period, when such structures served as focal points for communal or high-status burial practices across northern Britain. The monument's survival to the present day, despite millennia of agricultural use and weathering, testifies to the robustness of its original construction. As a recorded archaeological site of the Bronze Age, Crigdon Hill represents an important element of Northumberland's prehistoric funerary landscape.
Crigdon Hill round cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008567. View the official record →
Crigdon Hill round cairn is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Northumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008567.
Crigdon Hill round cairn 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 1008567.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Romano-British settlement, field system and cord rig cultivation 390m north east of Yatesfield Hill (7.7 km), Romano-British enclosed settlement 400m south east of Woolaw (8.3 km), Romano-British and medieval settlement, field system, cord rig cultivation, cairnfield and round cairn on Barracker Rigg (8.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Crigdon Hill round cairn'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.
Crigdon Hill round cairn stands on Border Group, bedrock that formed in the Meramecian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate argillaceous rocks and limestone.