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Round cairn 530m west of Stanley Cottages is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Northumberland. The site consists of a circular cairn, a characteristic burial structure of the Bronze Age period constructed from accumulated stones. As a scheduled ancient monument, it represents evidence of prehistoric burial practice and settlement patterns in the region during the second millennium BCE. The cairn's preservation allows for archaeological study of Bronze Age mortuary customs and the distribution of burial sites across the Northumberland landscape.
Round cairn 530m west of Stanley Cottages is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017734. View the official record →
Round cairn 530m west of Stanley Cottages is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Northumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017734.
Round cairn 530m west of Stanley Cottages 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 1017734.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Corbridge (Corstopitum) Roman station (3.4 km), Walker's Pottery (3.9 km), Vicar's pele tower (4.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round cairn 530m west of Stanley Cottages'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 530m west of Stanley Cottages stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.