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Seven Sisters round barrow, Copt Hill, Houghton-le-Spring

England
List entry 1018680
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1018680
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.38 hectares
Grid reference
NZ 35345 49225
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Seven Sisters round barrow, Copt Hill, Houghton-le-Spring is a Bronze Age burial mound situated in County Durham. The monument comprises a circular earthwork characteristic of the early Bronze Age period, when such mounds served as prominent communal or elite burial markers across the English landscape. Located on Copt Hill, the barrow forms part of a wider pattern of Bronze Age burial activity in the region and represents an important archaeological resource for understanding prehistoric settlement and mortuary practices in the north-east of England. The site's preservation and scheduled monument status reflect its significance to the archaeological record of Tyne and Wear.

Seven Sisters round barrow, Copt Hill, Houghton-le-Spring is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018680. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Seven Sisters round barrow, Copt Hill, Houghton-le-Spring?

Seven Sisters round barrow, Copt Hill, Houghton-le-Spring is a Bronze Age burial mound situated in County Durham. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018680.

Who is responsible for protecting Seven Sisters round barrow, Copt Hill, Houghton-le-Spring?

Seven Sisters round barrow, Copt Hill, Houghton-le-Spring 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 1018680.

What other scheduled monuments are near Seven Sisters round barrow, Copt Hill, Houghton-le-Spring?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hasting Hill cursus and causewayed enclosure, 600m south of Hasting Hill Farm (4.5 km), Enclosed hilltop settlement on Pig Hill, 600m south west of High Fallowfield (5 km), Round barrow on Hasting Hill, 230m west of Hasting Hill Farm (5.2 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

Hasting Hill cursus and causewayed enclosure, 600m south of Hasting Hill Farm
4.5 km
Enclosed hilltop settlement on Pig Hill, 600m south west of High Fallowfield
5 km
Round barrow on Hasting Hill, 230m west of Hasting Hill Farm
5.2 km
Coal mining remains in Mallygill Wood
5.4 km
High Haswell Chapel 300m south east of Low Haswell
5.5 km
Ryhope pumping engines
6 km
Finchale Priory Benedictine cell: hermitage, monastic precinct and site of priory watermill
6.1 km
Prior's Hall, Hallgarth
6.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Seven Sisters round barrow, Copt Hill, Houghton-le-Spring

Seven Sisters round barrow, Copt Hill, Houghton-le-Spring stands on Zechstein Group, bedrock that formed in the Late Permian. The rock here is dolomitised limestone and dolomite.

The wider landscape

Around Seven Sisters round barrow, Copt Hill, Houghton-le-Spring

Battle of Neville's Cross 1346Battle (1346) · ~7.3 milesBattle of Newburn Ford 1640Battle (1640) · ~15 miles
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