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Sandyford Moor cairn cemetery is a Bronze Age burial site located in Northumberland, England. The site comprises multiple cairns distributed across the moorland landscape, representing a significant concentration of funerary monuments from the second millennium BCE. These stone-built mounds reflect the burial practices and settlement patterns of Bronze Age communities in northern England, with the cemetery's extent and distribution providing evidence of sustained use over an extended period. The monuments survive as earthwork features on the moor, contributing to the archaeological understanding of prehistoric ritual and social organisation in the region.
Sandyford Moor cairn cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006548. View the official record →
Sandyford Moor cairn cemetery is a Bronze Age burial site located in Northumberland, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006548.
Sandyford Moor 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 1006548.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round cairns N of Tick Law (5.3 km), Bewick Hill cup and ring marked rocks, Old Bewick (5.6 km), Bewick Hill camp (5.8 km).
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