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Round cairn on Holystone Common is a Bronze Age funerary monument forming part of a substantial cairn cemetery in Northumberland. The site comprises multiple burial mounds constructed from stone rubble, characteristic of the Early Bronze Age period, approximately 2000 to 1500 BCE. These cairns represent an important concentration of prehistoric mortuary practice in the region, demonstrating the ritual and ceremonial significance of the Holystone Common landscape during the second millennium before the present era. The cairn cemetery survives as an archaeological record of Bronze Age burial customs and the organisation of burial grounds across the upland terrain of northern England.
Round cairn on Holystone Common, part of round cairn cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011402. View the official record →
Round cairn on Holystone Common is a Bronze Age funerary monument forming part of a substantial cairn cemetery in Northumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011402.
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 1011402.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bastle at The Raw Farm (3.9 km), 18th century water mill at Grasslees (4 km), Round cairn cemetery on Levey Bog, 880m north east of Hopehead (6.8 km).
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