What is recorded here
The National Heritage List for England records Two round cairns 870m south east of Butteryhaugh Bridge including Deadman Cairn 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.
Round cairns, likely dating to the Bronze Age (c. 2500–800 BCE), and are typically associated with funerary or ritual practices. These monuments represent early communal burial structures and provide insight into prehistoric land use and social organisation in the region.
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Places near here
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