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Round cairn on Holystone Common is a Bronze Age burial mound forming part of a cemetery of similar monuments located on the moorland of Northumberland. The cairn comprises a circular heap of stones marking an ancient burial, characteristic of funerary practices in the Bronze Age period. Its inclusion within a larger cemetery demonstrates the concentrated use of this landscape for ritual burial over an extended period. The monument survives as a visible archaeological feature on the common, contributing to the understanding of prehistoric settlement and burial practices in the North of England.
Round cairn on Holystone Common, part of round cairn cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011401. View the official record →
Round cairn on Holystone Common is a Bronze Age burial mound forming part of a cemetery of similar monuments located on the moorland of Northumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011401.
Round cairn on Holystone Common, part of round cairn cemetery 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 1011401.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including 18th century water mill at Grasslees (4 km), Bastle at The Raw Farm (4 km), Cairn on Whitefield Shank, 1100m SSW of Hepple Whitefield Farm (4.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round cairn on Holystone Common, part of round cairn cemetery'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 on Holystone Common, part of round cairn cemetery stands on Border Group, bedrock that formed in the Meramecian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate argillaceous rocks and limestone.