Scheduled MonumentsEnglandRound cairn, 720m WNW of Ray Cottages

Round cairn, 720m WNW of Ray Cottages

England
List entry 1011108
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1011108
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.04 hectares
Grid reference
NY 96263 86002
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Round cairn, 720m WNW of Ray Cottages, is a prehistoric burial monument situated in Northumberland. The structure takes the form of a circular cairn, a mound constructed from stones gathered and heaped to mark and cover a burial or burials of the dead. Dating to the Bronze Age, this monument represents an important category of funerary architecture characteristic of northern Britain during the second millennium before the present era. Such cairns served both as functional repositories for the deceased and as enduring markers of territorial and social significance within the landscape.

Round cairn, 720m WNW of Ray Cottages is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011108. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Round cairn, 720m WNW of Ray Cottages?

Round cairn, 720m WNW of Ray Cottages, is a prehistoric burial monument situated in Northumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011108.

Who is responsible for protecting Round cairn, 720m WNW of Ray Cottages?

Round cairn, 720m WNW of Ray 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 1011108.

What other scheduled monuments are near Round cairn, 720m WNW of Ray Cottages?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Romano-British farmstead, 650m west of High Cowden Cottage (8.3 km), Shrunken medieval village, tower and fishpond at Little Swinburne (8.4 km), Romano-British farmstead, 600m west of Little Swinburne Reservoir (9.2 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Round cairn, 720m WNW of Ray Cottages

Round cairn, 720m WNW of Ray Cottages stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone, argillaceous rocks and subordinate sandstone, interbedded.