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Round cairn, 230m south of Netherwitton Hall, is a Bronze Age burial monument situated in Northumberland. The site consists of a circular mound of stone and earth construction typical of cairns from the second millennium BC, serving as a funerary monument for elite or significant individuals of the period. Such monuments are characteristic of the Bronze Age burial tradition in northern Britain, where cairns functioned as durable markers of high-status graves and remained visible landmarks across the landscape for centuries. The cairn's survival into the modern period provides archaeological evidence for Bronze Age settlement patterns and funerary practices in the Northumberland region.
Round cairn, 230m south of Netherwitton Hall is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014730. View the official record →
Round cairn, 230m south of Netherwitton Hall, is a Bronze Age burial monument situated in Northumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014730.
Round cairn, 230m south of Netherwitton Hall 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 1014730.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bastle 40m north east of Low Angerton (5.9 km), South Middleton medieval village and open field system (7.9 km), Huckhoe palisaded enclosure, defended settlement and Romano-British settlement, 550m north east of Bolam West Houses (8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round cairn, 230m south of Netherwitton Hall'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, 230m south of Netherwitton Hall stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.