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Hethpool stone circles

England
List entry 1010332
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1010332
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.74 hectares
Grid reference
NT 89266 27835
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Hethpool stone circles is a Bronze Age monument located in the College Valley near the Scottish border in Northumberland. The site comprises multiple stone circles arranged across the landscape, representing a significant concentration of ritual monuments from the second millennium BCE. The stones themselves are modest in scale, typical of upland Bronze Age ceremonial sites in northern Britain, and their arrangement suggests use for gatherings or ceremonial practices associated with prehistoric burial and religious observance. The monument's remote moorland setting, characteristic of many northern Bronze Age stone circles, reflects the importance of high-ground locations to prehistoric communities in this region.

Hethpool stone circles is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010332. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Hethpool stone circles?

Hethpool stone circles is a Bronze Age monument located in the College Valley near the Scottish border in Northumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010332.

Who is responsible for protecting Hethpool stone circles?

Hethpool stone circles 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 1010332.

What other scheduled monuments are near Hethpool stone circles?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Kaim Knowe,farmstead 850m E of Sourhope (8.6 km), Bonnie Laws,settlement and field system 850m NE of Cocklawfoot (9.1 km), Park Law,fort (9.2 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Kaim Knowe,farmstead 850m E of Sourhope
Post-Medieval · Farmstead 850m e of sourhope8.6 km
Bonnie Laws,settlement and field system 850m NE of Cocklawfoot
Post-Medieval · Settlement and field system 850m ne of cocklawfoot9.1 km
Park Law,fort
Iron Age · Fort9.2 km
Bonnie Laws,cairn 700m N of Cocklawfoot
Cairn 700m n of cocklawfoot9.3 km
Park Law,homestead 500m SE of
Homestead9.5 km
Cocklawfoot,farmstead,homestead,settlement & field systems 500m NE of
Post-Medieval · Farmstead,homestead,settlement & field systems9.6 km
Bught Stack,field system
Post-Medieval · Field system9.7 km
Cocklawfoot,enclosure,farmstead and cultivation remains 250m NNE of
Post-Medieval · Enclosure,farmstead and cultivation remains9.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Hethpool stone circles

Hethpool stone circles stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Silurian To Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.

The wider landscape

Around Hethpool stone circles

Battle of Homildon Hill 1402Battle (1402) · ~4.8 milesBattle of Flodden 1513Battle (1513) · ~5.7 milesThe Site of The Battle of Halidon Hill 1333Battle (1333) · ~18 milesBattle of Otterburn 1388Battle (1388) · ~21.2 miles
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