Bellshiel Law long cairn (Rochester and Byrness) - Source of Reference
The information on this website is based on a range of published and unpublished works. Below is a list of the source of information used in writing this record.
1) Record 6 inch map (Anon undated)
2) MacLauchlan, H, 1852. Memoir written during a survey of the Watling Street, Sheet 6 (1:31,680)
3) Craw, J Hewat, 1932. Neolithic cairns in Northumberland, in History of the Berwickshire Naturalists Club volume 28, part 1, p80
4) History of the Berwickshire Naturalists Club volume 9 1879-81 p473 (J Hardy)
5) Dodds, M H, (editor) 1940. A History of Northumberland, vol 15 (Newcastle upon Tyne) (48 & 58)
6) Newbigin, N, 1935-36. A Roman spear head from Bellshiels long cairn, in Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle 4th series, volume 8, p112-13
7) Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle 4the series, volume 2, 1925-6, p124 (Donations to Museum)
8) Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle 4th series, volume 7, 1935-6, p122 (List of Donations)
9) Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle 4th series, volume 5, 1931-2, p358 (J H Craw)
10) Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle 4th series, volume 6, 1933-4, p39-40 (P Brewis and H L Honeyman)
11) Newbigin, N, 1936. Excavation of a long cairn on Bellshiel Law, Archaeologia Aeliana 4th series, 13, 293-308
11a) Childe, G. Prehistory of Scotland
11b) Archaeologia Aeliana 4th series, volume 12, 1935, p148-57 (N Newbigin)
12) Blackgate Museum, Society of Antiquaries Newcastle (Labels with Exhibits)
13) Dodds, M H, (editor) 1940. A History of Northumberland, vol 15 (Newcastle upon Tyne) (62 Map (1:25000) pp 56)
14) Field Investigator Comments F1 DAD 20-AUG-1956
15) Field Investigator Comments F2 DS 15-MAY-1970
16) Field Investigator Comments F3 ISS 18-APR-1978
17) Miket, R and Burgess, C, 1984. Between and Beyond the Walls. Edinburgh: John Donald Publishers Ltd (54-7)
18) Ashbee, P, 1970. The Earthen Long Barrow in Britain. London: J M Dent and Sons Ltd (172)
19) Scheduled Monument Notification 15-Mar-1994
20) Hale, D, 2007. 'Archaeology on the Otterburn Training Area, 2002-2005', Archaeologia Aeliana 5th series 36, 31-77 (34)
21) McOmish, and Tuck, C, 2004. Bellshiel Law, Northumberland. English Heritage Survey Report Archaeological Investigation Series 6/2004
22) This record includes National Record of the Historic Environment Information provided by Historic England on 4 January 2021 licensed under the Open Government Licence [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/]
22a) English Heritage, SAM List, Northumberland, March 1994, p 35
22b) Masters, Lionel, 1984. The Neolithic Long Cairns of Cumbria and Northumberland, p54-57
22c) English Heritage Scheduling Amendment 15/3/94