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Round cairn, 280m SSE of Sandyway Heads is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Northumberland. The cairn consists of a circular mound of stone rubble constructed to cover and mark a burial or burials, typical of the funerary practices employed during the Bronze Age in northern Britain. Such monuments served both as memorials to the dead and as enduring territorial markers within the landscape. The site remains an important archaeological record of prehistoric burial customs and settlement patterns in the Northumberland region.
Round cairn, 280m SSE of Sandyway Heads is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014071. View the official record →
Round cairn, 280m SSE of Sandyway Heads is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Northumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014071.
Round cairn, 280m SSE of Sandyway Heads 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 1014071.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hadrian's Wall from Oatens Bank, Harlow Hill, to Whittle Dene Watercourse in wall mile 16 (6.9 km), The vallum between Oatens Bank, Harlow Hill, and Whittle Dene Watercourse in wall mile 16 (7.2 km), Welton tower house (7.3 km).
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