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Two cairn cemeteries west of Willie Law is an ancient burial monument complex located in Northumberland, England. The site comprises two separate cairn cemeteries of Bronze Age date, representing organised funerary practice from the second millennium BC. These cairn groupings demonstrate the ritual burial conventions of prehistoric communities in northern England, where multiple interments were conducted across defined cemetery areas. The monument survives as earthwork features indicative of Bronze Age ceremonial and mortuary practice in the upland landscape of Northumberland.
Two cairn cemeteries W of Willie Law is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006451. View the official record →
Two cairn cemeteries west of Willie Law is an ancient burial monument complex located in Northumberland, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006451.
Two cairn cemeteries W of Willie 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 1006451.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Romano-British farmstead on Beanley Moor, 500m SSE of Broom House (7.7 km), Defended settlement on Beanley Moor 780m east of Beanley South Side Farm (7.8 km), Romano-British enclosed settlement on Beanley Moor, 800m south-east of Broomhouse (7.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Two cairn cemeteries W of Willie 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.
Two cairn cemeteries W of Willie Law stands on Border Group, bedrock that formed in the Meramecian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate argillaceous rocks and limestone.