Bronze Age burial cairn at Midfell (Kielder)
NY 6361 9842 Cairn. (1)
NY 63659841. A cairn composed entirely of large stones situated upon the top of Mid Fell 1830 feet above sea level. It has a diameter of 14.5m, with a maximum height of 2.2m. No indications of a retaining circle or ditch. In the centre of the feature a modern square shaped currick together with three smaller curricks have been constructed from the original material. (2)
Surveyed at 6 inch scale. (3)
NY 6364 9842. Prominently situated at the summit of Mid Fell at 561m OD is a cairn composed entirely of large stones, having a maximum diameter of 13m and 2m maximum height. No indications of a retaining circle or ditch. Within the cairn a modern small rectangular pen has been constructed from the stones. The four curricks shown on the GP have now been destroyed. Surveyed at 1:10,000. (4)
Cairn, measures 14.5m diameter x 2.2m high. A modern square-shaped currick and three smaller ones have been constructed in the middle. (5)
NY 6364 9841. Midfell round cairn. Scheduled RSM No 25108.
The round cairn is composed of large angular stones and measures 14.5m in diameter. It stands to a maximum height of 2.2m. The central area of the cairn has been rearranged to form a small rectangular sheep pen but the lower courses of the cairn material are undisturbed. (6)
Surveyed at 1:250 scale by RCHME in September 1998. The construction of the later shelter within the material of the cairn has latered it profile. It appears to sit on a platform, 0.2m-0.3m high, but this has been 'created' by the removal of cairn stones to form the shelter and their deposition to enhance the height of the cairn. There is no trace of a retaining kerb. Its dimensions are quite well-defined and give a diameter of between 13.4m and 14.2m. The shelter built into the cairn is in the shape of an axe head, 3.1m E-W by 2.8m wide at the W end narrowing to 1.6m in the E, within a dry-stone retaining wall, 1.5m high. It is entered from the SE by a passage, 3.2m long and about 1.1m wide.
The shelter is quite sophisticated in its design and is probably a shepherd's bothy rather than a sheep pen. The floor of the shelter is about 0.8m above the base of the cairn and it is thought the central primary burial is undisturbed. (7)
Additional reference (8)
NY 63659841. A cairn composed entirely of large stones situated upon the top of Mid Fell 1830 feet above sea level. It has a diameter of 14.5m, with a maximum height of 2.2m. No indications of a retaining circle or ditch. In the centre of the feature a modern square shaped currick together with three smaller curricks have been constructed from the original material. (2)
Surveyed at 6 inch scale. (3)
NY 6364 9842. Prominently situated at the summit of Mid Fell at 561m OD is a cairn composed entirely of large stones, having a maximum diameter of 13m and 2m maximum height. No indications of a retaining circle or ditch. Within the cairn a modern small rectangular pen has been constructed from the stones. The four curricks shown on the GP have now been destroyed. Surveyed at 1:10,000. (4)
Cairn, measures 14.5m diameter x 2.2m high. A modern square-shaped currick and three smaller ones have been constructed in the middle. (5)
NY 6364 9841. Midfell round cairn. Scheduled RSM No 25108.
The round cairn is composed of large angular stones and measures 14.5m in diameter. It stands to a maximum height of 2.2m. The central area of the cairn has been rearranged to form a small rectangular sheep pen but the lower courses of the cairn material are undisturbed. (6)
Surveyed at 1:250 scale by RCHME in September 1998. The construction of the later shelter within the material of the cairn has latered it profile. It appears to sit on a platform, 0.2m-0.3m high, but this has been 'created' by the removal of cairn stones to form the shelter and their deposition to enhance the height of the cairn. There is no trace of a retaining kerb. Its dimensions are quite well-defined and give a diameter of between 13.4m and 14.2m. The shelter built into the cairn is in the shape of an axe head, 3.1m E-W by 2.8m wide at the W end narrowing to 1.6m in the E, within a dry-stone retaining wall, 1.5m high. It is entered from the SE by a passage, 3.2m long and about 1.1m wide.
The shelter is quite sophisticated in its design and is probably a shepherd's bothy rather than a sheep pen. The floor of the shelter is about 0.8m above the base of the cairn and it is thought the central primary burial is undisturbed. (7)
Additional reference (8)
N6230
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1977; S Ainsworth
TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEY, Mid Fell cairn, Tynedale, Northumberland 1998; RCHME
MEASURED SURVEY, RCHME: Kielder SAMs Survey
TOPOGRAPHIC SURVEY, Mid Fell cairn, Tynedale, Northumberland 1998; RCHME
MEASURED SURVEY, RCHME: Kielder SAMs Survey
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