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Round cairn 460m south of Cowey's Cairn is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Northumberland, England. The cairn consists of a roughly circular mound of stone rubble typical of prehistoric funerary structures from the second millennium BC. Its proximity to Cowey's Cairn suggests it forms part of a broader cairnfield or cemetery complex, indicating sustained use of this upland landscape for burial purposes across the Bronze Age period. The monument survives as a substantial earthwork and represents an important archaeological record of local Bronze Age mortuary practice and settlement patterns in the Northumbrian uplands.
Round cairn 460m south of Cowey's Cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018939. View the official record →
Round cairn 460m south of Cowey's Cairn is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Northumberland, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018939.
Round cairn 460m south of Cowey's Cairn 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 1018939.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Fawdon Hill defended settlement, 900m north-west of Closehead (5.3 km), Defended settlement, 700m north of Overacres (5.6 km), Blakehope Roman fort and Roman temporary camp (6.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round cairn 460m south of Cowey's Cairn'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 460m south of Cowey's Cairn stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone, argillaceous rocks and subordinate sandstone, interbedded.