© Mapbox · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Boundary data © Historic England (NHLE)
Round cairn on Holystone Common is a Bronze Age burial monument forming part of a larger cairn cemetery situated on open moorland in Northumberland. The cairn consists of a circular mound of stones constructed during the Bronze Age, likely dating to the second millennium BC, and would have served as a burial or ceremonial structure. The site's inclusion within a defined cemetery demonstrates organised funerary practice and territorial use of the landscape during this period. The monument survives as a physical record of prehistoric settlement and ritual activity in the Northumberland uplands.
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 monument forming part of a larger cairn cemetery situated on open moorland in 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).
Aubrey generates in-depth historical research for any address in Britain — drawing on scheduled monument data, Domesday records, Roman heritage, PAS finds and medieval history to reveal the complete story of a landscape.
Research the area around Round cairn on Holystone Common, part of round cairn cemetery