Cairn (Rothbury)
NU 05400243. A cairn of stones packed with peaty soil is situated in a saddle upon a ridge of moorland which overlooks Rothbury on the north side. The height is approx 638 feet above sea level. The cairn has a diameter of 8m and a maximum height of 1m and is situated amidst heather and bracken. No traces of ditch or stone retaining circle. (1)
Possibly sepulchral, but by no means certain. Surveyed at 1/2500. (2)
Cairn 900m north-east of Old Rothbury hillfort. National monument number 20889. Bronze Age round cairn. The cairn is very well preserved and measures 8m in diameter and survives to over 1m high. The mound is mainly constructed of stone and earth, and traces of several large stones can be detected on the edge of the mound on the E and W sides. The cairn survives well. Archaeological deposits are undisturbed. Part of a group of prehistoric monuments in this area of moorland. (3)
Possibly sepulchral, but by no means certain. Surveyed at 1/2500. (2)
Cairn 900m north-east of Old Rothbury hillfort. National monument number 20889. Bronze Age round cairn. The cairn is very well preserved and measures 8m in diameter and survives to over 1m high. The mound is mainly constructed of stone and earth, and traces of several large stones can be detected on the edge of the mound on the E and W sides. The cairn survives well. Archaeological deposits are undisturbed. Part of a group of prehistoric monuments in this area of moorland. (3)
N2915
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1957; A S Phillips
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1971; B H Pritchard
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1971; B H Pritchard
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