Round cairn at Heddon Laws Farm (Heddon Law) (Heddon-on-the-Wall)
NZ 1406 6935 Tumulus (O.E.). (1)
Horsley refers to a 'very great heap of stones remaining' at Heddon Law, a large tree-covered mound, accepted by later writers as a tumulus. An amateur, exploratory excavation, conducted in 1925, revealed 1ft 6ins below the surface, a small section of curved walling 2ft 8ins high, and 4ft wide composed of boulders, which was thought to imply a simple enclosure around the top of the mound. A few flint fragments were found. The centre was not approached, and no conclusions were drawn from the excavation. It is also mentioned as a beacon-stead in 1549, and the site of encampments in 1341 and 1643-4. (2)(3)(4)
NZ 1406 6935. Heddon Law (L.B.). (5)
The mound, 25m in diameter, 2.6m high, and turf-covered, surmounts a natural hillock. There are no external indications of an 'enclosure'; but mutilation of the eastside by a modern building reveals a high stone. The mound appears to artificial, but is a doubtful barrow. Resurveyed at 1:2500. (6)
Scheduled. (7)
NZ 140 694. Heddon Laws (sic) tumulus, East Heddon. Scheduled No ND/160. (8)
Horsley refers to a 'very great heap of stones remaining' at Heddon Law, a large tree-covered mound, accepted by later writers as a tumulus. An amateur, exploratory excavation, conducted in 1925, revealed 1ft 6ins below the surface, a small section of curved walling 2ft 8ins high, and 4ft wide composed of boulders, which was thought to imply a simple enclosure around the top of the mound. A few flint fragments were found. The centre was not approached, and no conclusions were drawn from the excavation. It is also mentioned as a beacon-stead in 1549, and the site of encampments in 1341 and 1643-4. (2)(3)(4)
NZ 1406 6935. Heddon Law (L.B.). (5)
The mound, 25m in diameter, 2.6m high, and turf-covered, surmounts a natural hillock. There are no external indications of an 'enclosure'; but mutilation of the eastside by a modern building reveals a high stone. The mound appears to artificial, but is a doubtful barrow. Resurveyed at 1:2500. (6)
Scheduled. (7)
NZ 140 694. Heddon Laws (sic) tumulus, East Heddon. Scheduled No ND/160. (8)
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EXCAVATION, Penny Hill, Heddon Law 1925; SHORTT, C R
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1966; R W Emsley
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1966; R W Emsley
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