Round Cairn (Matfen)
(NZ 03697238) Tumulus. (1)
(Probably applies). Near Matfen Low Hall there formerly stood a tumulus in which were discovered two cists containing cremations. (2)
A truncated earthen mound 16m in diameter, and 0.8m high, now turf-covered. Published survey (25 inch) correct. (3)
Condition unchanged. (4)
Scheduled. (5)
NZ 037 724. Round barrow SE of Matfen Low Hall. Scheduled No ND/351. (6a)
A Bronze Age round barrow is visible as an earthwork on air photographs at NZ 0369 7238. It is extant on the latest 1980 Ordnance Survey vertical photography. (6b)
(Probably applies). Near Matfen Low Hall there formerly stood a tumulus in which were discovered two cists containing cremations. (2)
A truncated earthen mound 16m in diameter, and 0.8m high, now turf-covered. Published survey (25 inch) correct. (3)
Condition unchanged. (4)
Scheduled. (5)
NZ 037 724. Round barrow SE of Matfen Low Hall. Scheduled No ND/351. (6a)
A Bronze Age round barrow is visible as an earthwork on air photographs at NZ 0369 7238. It is extant on the latest 1980 Ordnance Survey vertical photography. (6b)
N10298
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1961; J L Davidson
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1967; R W Emsley
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION, English Heritage: Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, NMP 2008; English Heritage
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1967; R W Emsley
AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION, English Heritage: Hadrian's Wall WHS Mapping Project, NMP 2008; English Heritage
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