Longstone Hill cairn cemetery (Adderstone with Lucker)
('A' NU 11652684, 'B' 11722681, 'C' 11782679). Three cairns (Tumuli). (1)
Of the three large cairns on Rayheugh Moor the two furthest to the north west were opened by Major Luard-Selby in 1862.
The north west cairn was 62 feet in diameter and had once been about 10 feet high. In the centre was a stone cist, at natural ground level, and made of four stones set on edge, with two stones at the bottom and a single cover stone. In the cist was a skeleton, laid on the left side
with head to the east. The head lay on a flat stone and behind the shoulders were fragments of a 'drinking cup', originally 8 inches high. This is a beaker of type AC or BC. (4)
The cairn showed signs of careful construction and among the stones was a quartzite pebble which had served as a hammer.
In the other two cairns the bones had entirely decayed, the only find being a whetstone. (2)
The central cairn was of similar dimensions to that to the north west. In the centre was an oblong grave excavated from the clay sub soil and filled with stones. The grave was oriented north west-south west and in the south east corner was an oval hole sunk in the bottom of the grave and also filled with stones. No trace of body or grave goods, the only find being a whetstone found in the stones of the cairn.
The cairn to the south east was 55ft in diameter, and had originally been 10ft high. In the centre was a rudely formed cist but no trace of body or grave goods. This cairn was excavated by Mr Dennis, tenant of Rosebrough. (3)
The three cairns each have a diameter of 18m and vary in height from 1.7m to 2m and each has a very large hollow in the centre. No ditch.
The north west cairn ('A') has traces of a retaining circle and in the central hollow is a thin flat slab of stone, possibly a side stone of the cist. On the south east side of this cairn are two roughly built walls, possibly the remains of a sheep shelter built from the stones of the cairn.
Present location of finds not ascertained. (5)
Fragmentary short-necked beaker found in a cist 4ft x 2ft 8ins x 2ft 4ins in a large cairn 62ft in diameter and originally 10ft high ('A') at Rayheugh. (6)
Published survey (25 inch) revised. (7)
NU 116268. Longstone Hill cairn cemetery (containing former monument No 413) Scheduled. (8)
A cairn cemetery containing well over 40 cairns. They range from 1ft to 3ft in height with diameters of between 9ft and 25ft. (9)
NU 116 268. Longstone Hill cairn cemetery. Scheduled No ND/460. (10a)
Of the three large cairns on Rayheugh Moor the two furthest to the north west were opened by Major Luard-Selby in 1862.
The north west cairn was 62 feet in diameter and had once been about 10 feet high. In the centre was a stone cist, at natural ground level, and made of four stones set on edge, with two stones at the bottom and a single cover stone. In the cist was a skeleton, laid on the left side
with head to the east. The head lay on a flat stone and behind the shoulders were fragments of a 'drinking cup', originally 8 inches high. This is a beaker of type AC or BC. (4)
The cairn showed signs of careful construction and among the stones was a quartzite pebble which had served as a hammer.
In the other two cairns the bones had entirely decayed, the only find being a whetstone. (2)
The central cairn was of similar dimensions to that to the north west. In the centre was an oblong grave excavated from the clay sub soil and filled with stones. The grave was oriented north west-south west and in the south east corner was an oval hole sunk in the bottom of the grave and also filled with stones. No trace of body or grave goods, the only find being a whetstone found in the stones of the cairn.
The cairn to the south east was 55ft in diameter, and had originally been 10ft high. In the centre was a rudely formed cist but no trace of body or grave goods. This cairn was excavated by Mr Dennis, tenant of Rosebrough. (3)
The three cairns each have a diameter of 18m and vary in height from 1.7m to 2m and each has a very large hollow in the centre. No ditch.
The north west cairn ('A') has traces of a retaining circle and in the central hollow is a thin flat slab of stone, possibly a side stone of the cist. On the south east side of this cairn are two roughly built walls, possibly the remains of a sheep shelter built from the stones of the cairn.
Present location of finds not ascertained. (5)
Fragmentary short-necked beaker found in a cist 4ft x 2ft 8ins x 2ft 4ins in a large cairn 62ft in diameter and originally 10ft high ('A') at Rayheugh. (6)
Published survey (25 inch) revised. (7)
NU 116268. Longstone Hill cairn cemetery (containing former monument No 413) Scheduled. (8)
A cairn cemetery containing well over 40 cairns. They range from 1ft to 3ft in height with diameters of between 9ft and 25ft. (9)
NU 116 268. Longstone Hill cairn cemetery. Scheduled No ND/460. (10a)
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EXCAVATION, Rayheugh Moor (Greenwell 193 & 194) 1862; LUARD-SELBY, MAJOR
EXCAVATION, Excavation at (Greenwell 195) 1863; DENNIS
EXCAVATION, Excavation at Longstone Hill (Greenwell 194) 1899; GREENWELL, W
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1955; E Geary
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1969; B H Pritchard
EXCAVATION, Excavation at (Greenwell 195) 1863; DENNIS
EXCAVATION, Excavation at Longstone Hill (Greenwell 194) 1899; GREENWELL, W
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1955; E Geary
FIELD OBSERVATION, Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigation 1969; B H Pritchard
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