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Round cairn on Holystone Common, part of round cairn cemetery

England
List entry 1011427
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1011427
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.03 hectares
Grid reference
NT 94954 01639
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Round cairn on Holystone Common is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Northumberland, England, forming part of a cemetery of similar structures on the common. The cairn comprises a mound of stones constructed as a funerary monument, typical of barrow building practices in the Bronze Age period. As a component of a larger organised cemetery, the site demonstrates the deliberate clustering of burial monuments that characterises Bronze Age mortuary practices across northern England. The monument is protected under statutory heritage designation and remains visible as a landscape feature on Holystone Common.

Round cairn on Holystone Common, part of round cairn cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011427. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Round cairn on Holystone Common, part of round cairn cemetery?

Round cairn on Holystone Common is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Northumberland, England, forming part of a cemetery of similar structures on the common. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011427.

Who is responsible for protecting Round cairn on Holystone Common, part of round cairn cemetery?

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 1011427.

What other scheduled monuments are near Round cairn on Holystone Common, part of round cairn cemetery?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bastle at The Raw Farm (3.7 km), 18th century water mill at Grasslees (3.8 km), Round cairn cemetery on Levey Bog, 880m north east of Hopehead (6.5 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
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bastle at The Raw Farm
3.7 km
18th century water mill at Grasslees
3.8 km
Round cairn cemetery on Levey Bog, 880m north east of Hopehead
6.5 km
Target operator bunker, cable trenching and three target pits 750m north of Hopehead
6.8 km
Target operator bunker, cable trenching and three target pits 650m north of Hopehead
6.8 km
Three target operator bunkers 730m north of Hopehead
6.8 km
Unenclosed settlement, field system, cairnfield, round cairn cemetery, round cairn, shieling and enclosed cremation cemetery on Todlaw Pike
7.6 km
Mote Hills motte and bailey castle
8.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Round cairn on Holystone Common, part of round cairn cemetery

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.

The wider landscape

Around Round cairn on Holystone Common, part of round cairn cemetery

Hadrian's WallArchaeological site · ~23.3 milesBattle of Otterburn 1388Battle (1388) · ~6.5 milesBattle of Homildon Hill 1402Battle (1402) · ~16.9 milesBattle of Flodden 1513Battle (1513) · ~22.3 miles
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