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Round cairn on western slopes of Dour Hill, 250m south west of summit is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Northumberland. The site comprises a circular mound of stone constructed as a funerary cairn, typical of Bronze Age mortuary practices in northern England. Such cairns served as enduring markers of burial sites and reflected the social prominence of those interred beneath them. The monument remains an important archaeological witness to prehistoric settlement patterns and ritual practices in the wider Northumberland landscape.
Round cairn on western slopes of Dour Hill, 250m south west of summit is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015844. View the official record →
Round cairn on western slopes of Dour Hill, 250m south west of summit is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Northumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015844.
Round cairn on western slopes of Dour Hill, 250m south west of summit 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 1015844.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman Camp, 750m SSW of Sills Farm (3.9 km), Romano-British enclosed settlement and medieval settlement 300m south of Burdhope (4 km), Romano-British farmstead 570m west of Woolaw (4.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round cairn on western slopes of Dour Hill, 250m south west of summit'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 western slopes of Dour Hill, 250m south west of summit stands on Border Group, bedrock that formed in the Meramecian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate argillaceous rocks and limestone.