What is recorded here

Cairn 1110m north-east of Cartington Castle is a scheduled monument in Northumberland, England, yet the name gives no date, size or purpose. It sits beside a castle whose identity is still unknown, suggesting two forgotten layers of human life locked together on one hill. The cairn may have marked a boundary, a burial or a warning to travellers, but its stones no longer answer questions. What is certain is that the state still considers it worth protecting, even when memory has failed.

The National Heritage List for England records Cairn 1110m north-east of Cartington Castle as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

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