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Round cairn on Shillhope Law is a Bronze Age burial monument situated in Northumberland. The cairn takes the form of a circular mound constructed from stone, characteristic of funerary practices during the Bronze Age period when such monuments were erected across upland regions of northern England. Its location on Shillhope Law reflects the preference for prominent hilltop positions that were common to cairn placement during this era. The monument survives as an important archaeological record of prehistoric burial practice and settlement patterns in the Northumberland uplands.
Round cairn on Shillhope Law is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008434. View the official record →
Round cairn on Shillhope Law is a Bronze Age burial monument situated in Northumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008434.
Round cairn on Shillhope Law 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 1008434.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Stone hut circle 980m ENE of Wilkwood East (7 km), Observation post 820m SSE of Hanging Crag (7.4 km), Observation post immediately north of Watty Bell's Cairn (8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round cairn on Shillhope Law'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 Shillhope Law stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Silurian To Devonian, bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is mafic lava and mafic tuff.