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Round cairn, 150m ESE of Kingscrag Gate is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Northumberland. The site consists of a circular mound of stone and earth constructed as a burial cairn, typical of funerary practices during the Bronze Age period. Such monuments commonly contained inhumations or cremations and served as focal points for ritual activity. The cairn's survival as an archaeological feature contributes to understanding Bronze Age settlement patterns and mortuary practices in the Northumberland uplands.
Round cairn, 150m ESE of Kingscrag Gate is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009467. View the official record →
Round cairn, 150m ESE of Kingscrag Gate is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Northumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009467.
Round cairn, 150m ESE of Kingscrag Gate 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 1009467.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Vindolanda (Chesterholm) Roman forts, civil settlement and cemeteries, adjacent length of the Stanegate Roman road and two milestones (5.2 km), Langley Barony Mines, Haydon Bridge (5.4 km), Twice Brewed Roman temporary camp (6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round cairn, 150m ESE of Kingscrag Gate'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.
Round cairn, 150m ESE of Kingscrag Gate stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone, argillaceous rocks and subordinate sandstone, interbedded.