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Ring cairn on Goldsborough, Cotherstone Moor is a prehistoric burial monument situated on the moorland landscape of County Durham. The site consists of a ring cairn, a form of ceremonial or funerary structure characteristic of the Bronze Age, comprising a roughly circular arrangement of stones with an open or cleared central area. Such monuments were typically constructed during the second millennium before the Common Era and served ritual or burial functions within upland communities. The monument's location on Cotherstone Moor places it within a wider landscape of Bronze Age activity recorded across the Pennine moorlands of northern England.
Ring cairn on Goldsborough, Cotherstone Moor, 840m south of Pitcher House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019155. View the official record →
Ring cairn on Goldsborough, Cotherstone Moor is a prehistoric burial monument situated on the moorland landscape of County Durham. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019155.
Ring cairn on Goldsborough, Cotherstone Moor, 840m south of Pitcher House 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 1019155.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman signal station 190m north west of Vale House Farm (5 km), Romano-British settlement site to the east and south-east of East Mellwaters farmhouse (5.2 km), Late prehistoric walled settlement 200m south-south-east of East Mellwaters farmhouse (5.4 km).
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