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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 →
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.
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.
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).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round cairn, 720m WNW of Ray Cottages's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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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.