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Round cairn cemetery on Levey Bog, 880m north east of Hopehead

England
List entry 1018942
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1018942
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.57 hectares
Grid reference
NY 89875 97546
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Round cairn cemetery on Levey Bog is a Bronze Age burial site located on moorland in Northumberland, approximately 880 metres north-east of Hopehead. The cemetery comprises multiple round cairns, characteristic sepulchral monuments of the Bronze Age period, which would have served as burial mounds for members of the local community. Such cairn cemeteries represent important evidence for prehistoric settlement patterns, ritual practices, and social organisation across northern England during the Bronze Age.

Round cairn cemetery on Levey Bog, 880m north east of Hopehead is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018942. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Round cairn cemetery on Levey Bog, 880m north east of Hopehead?

Round cairn cemetery on Levey Bog is a Bronze Age burial site located on moorland in Northumberland, approximately 880 metres north-east of Hopehead. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018942.

Who is responsible for protecting Round cairn cemetery on Levey Bog, 880m north east of Hopehead?

Round cairn cemetery on Levey Bog, 880m north east of Hopehead 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 1018942.

What other scheduled monuments are near Round cairn cemetery on Levey Bog, 880m north east of Hopehead?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Fawdon Hill defended settlement, 900m north-west of Closehead (3.6 km), Defended settlement, 700m north of Overacres (3.8 km), Round cairn, 100m ENE of Dunns Cottage (5 km).

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Overview
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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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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
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Literature
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Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Fawdon Hill defended settlement, 900m north-west of Closehead
3.6 km
Defended settlement, 700m north of Overacres
3.8 km
Round cairn, 100m ENE of Dunns Cottage
5 km
Roman temporary camp at Dargues
5.4 km
Romano-British farmstead 500m north west of Garretshiels
5.6 km
Mote Hills motte and bailey castle
5.6 km
Defended settlement, 470m south west of Haining
5.6 km
Romano-British farmstead, 330m south of Woodhill
5.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Round cairn cemetery on Levey Bog, 880m north east of Hopehead

Round cairn cemetery on Levey Bog, 880m north east of Hopehead stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone, argillaceous rocks and subordinate sandstone, interbedded.

The wider landscape

Around Round cairn cemetery on Levey Bog, 880m north east of Hopehead

Hadrian's WallArchaeological site · ~20 milesBattle of Otterburn 1388Battle (1388) · ~2.6 milesBattle of Homildon Hill 1402Battle (1402) · ~19.9 milesBattle of Flodden 1513Battle (1513) · ~24.5 miles
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