Debdon Moor cairnfield (Cartington)
[Marginal]. A considerable number of burial mounds have been noticed at Addycombe Wood End, Rothbury and are being investigated by Mr E R Newbigin. (1)
Centred NU 056029. A cairn cemetery is situated at approx 580 feet above sea level upon the top of a heather-covered rise of ground and along the top of a ridge which descends in a south-easterly direction.
Thirty cairns were located, composed of stones with some large boulders, packed with earth. They range in diameter from 40m to 100m. A few of the largest ones have been disturbed at the centre.
The cairns are embedded in a layer of peat and no ditches or retaining circles of stone are anywhere visible. (2)
The cairns are situated on the crest of a minor ridge orientated north-west/south-east, with rising ground to the south-east. Vegetational cover is exclusively short heather and drainage is good. There is little evidence of field development, but the symmetry of the cairns and the preponderence of stone below the crest of the ridge to the north-east makes it certain that clearance for agriculture is represented.
Prehistoric connotations are supported by the presence of a cup marked rock (NU 00 SE 23) and a possible standing stone (NU 00 SE 20) in the area, but there are no habitation sites in the immediate vicinity.
A large well-formed cairn with traces of a retaining circle on the south-eastern fringe of the area may have been utilised sepulchrally and has been surveyed at 1:2500. (3)
NU 0568 0298. Cairnfield, standing stone & cup marked rock on Debdon Moor, 500m SW of Primrose Cottage. Scheduled RSM No 20901. An extensive cairnfield of Bronze Age date situated on and below the crest of a low ridge orientated NE-SW. There are at least 30 stone clearance cairns; their mounds range from 4m to 10m in diameter and up to a maximum height of 1.5m. Two of the cairns are larger than the others and have central hollows, the result of partial excavation in the 19th century. One of these cairns has traces of a retaining circle visible on its SE periphery and is likely to have been funerary in origin. (4)
Survey carried out in 1996 and 1997 as part of undergraduate dissertation. (5)
Is referred to in HER 2919. (6)
Centred NU 056029. A cairn cemetery is situated at approx 580 feet above sea level upon the top of a heather-covered rise of ground and along the top of a ridge which descends in a south-easterly direction.
Thirty cairns were located, composed of stones with some large boulders, packed with earth. They range in diameter from 40m to 100m. A few of the largest ones have been disturbed at the centre.
The cairns are embedded in a layer of peat and no ditches or retaining circles of stone are anywhere visible. (2)
The cairns are situated on the crest of a minor ridge orientated north-west/south-east, with rising ground to the south-east. Vegetational cover is exclusively short heather and drainage is good. There is little evidence of field development, but the symmetry of the cairns and the preponderence of stone below the crest of the ridge to the north-east makes it certain that clearance for agriculture is represented.
Prehistoric connotations are supported by the presence of a cup marked rock (NU 00 SE 23) and a possible standing stone (NU 00 SE 20) in the area, but there are no habitation sites in the immediate vicinity.
A large well-formed cairn with traces of a retaining circle on the south-eastern fringe of the area may have been utilised sepulchrally and has been surveyed at 1:2500. (3)
NU 0568 0298. Cairnfield, standing stone & cup marked rock on Debdon Moor, 500m SW of Primrose Cottage. Scheduled RSM No 20901. An extensive cairnfield of Bronze Age date situated on and below the crest of a low ridge orientated NE-SW. There are at least 30 stone clearance cairns; their mounds range from 4m to 10m in diameter and up to a maximum height of 1.5m. Two of the cairns are larger than the others and have central hollows, the result of partial excavation in the 19th century. One of these cairns has traces of a retaining circle visible on its SE periphery and is likely to have been funerary in origin. (4)
Survey carried out in 1996 and 1997 as part of undergraduate dissertation. (5)
Is referred to in HER 2919. (6)
N2930
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1957; A S Phillips
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