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Simonside Cairn is a Bronze Age burial mound situated in the upland landscape of Northumberland, approximately 670 metres west-north-west of Old Stell Crag. The monument takes the form of a cairn, a mound constructed from stones rather than earth, typical of funerary practices in northern Britain during the Bronze Age period. Such cairns served as visible markers across the landscape and contained burials of individuals of apparent social significance within their communities. The site remains an important archaeological record of prehistoric burial custom and settlement pattern in the Northumberland uplands.
Simonside Cairn 670m west-north-west of Old Stell Crag is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011605. View the official record →
Simonside Cairn is a Bronze Age burial mound situated in the upland landscape of Northumberland, approximately 670 metres west-north-west of Old Stell Crag. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011605.
Simonside Cairn 670m west-north-west of Old Stell Crag 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 1011605.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairn 1km west-north-west of Old Stell Crag (0.3 km), Cairn 320m WNW of Old Stell Crag (0.3 km), Round cairn on Garleigh Hill, 790m north east of Lordenshaw (3.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Simonside Cairn 670m west-north-west of Old Stell Crag'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.
Simonside Cairn 670m west-north-west of Old Stell Crag stands on Border Group, bedrock that formed in the Meramecian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate argillaceous rocks and limestone.