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Whinny Hill cairn cemetery is a Bronze Age burial site located in Northumberland, England. The site comprises multiple cairns, representing a concentrated area of funerary activity from the Bronze Age period. Such cairn cemeteries are characteristic of later Bronze Age burial practices in northern Britain, where communities established designated burial grounds containing numerous individual monuments. The site's survival and archaeological designation reflect its importance for understanding prehistoric settlement patterns and mortuary behaviour in the North East of England.
Whinny Hill cairn cemetery is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006462. View the official record →
Whinny Hill 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 1006462.
Whinny Hill 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 1006462.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bewick Hill, cairns and barrows, Old Bewick (4.9 km), Bewick Hill Moor camp, Old Bewick (6 km), Round cairns N of Tick Law (6.3 km).
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