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Weetwood Moor round cairns is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Northumberland, England. The site comprises multiple round cairns, characteristic of burial practices during the Bronze Age period, when such earthen and stone mounds served as communal or individual interment sites across northern Britain. The cairns are distributed across the moorland landscape, reflecting the settlement and ceremonial patterns of prehistoric communities in the region. These monuments constitute important archaeological evidence for understanding Bronze Age funerary customs and the use of upland areas during this period.
Weetwood Moor round cairns is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006454. View the official record →
Weetwood Moor round cairns is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Northumberland, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006454.
Weetwood Moor round cairns 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 1006454.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Settlement 470m north east of Heddon Hill (7.9 km), Round cairn cemetery 1000m north west of Heddon Hill (8.1 km), Three Romano-British farmsteads and part of a field system on Heddon Hill 900m north west of Calder (8.3 km).
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