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<< Our Photo Pages >> Hethpool Cairn - Cairn in England in Northumberland

Submitted by Anne T on Wednesday, 13 September 2017  Page Views: 1164

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Hethpool Cairn
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.478 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Northumberland Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Wooler  Nearest Village: Hethpool
Map Ref: NT8913027519
Latitude: 55.541263N  Longitude: 2.173806W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Anne T visited on 12th Sep 2017 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 4 Access: 5 Hethpool Cairn, College Valley: By this time, it was getting reasonably late in the afternoon, and there was a definite chill in the air. After having been out a lot earlier than our normal setting off time, it seemed way past tea-time. Just as we were approaching Hethpool Stone circles, we both noticed a stony mound to the left hand side of the road, tucked between the road and a narrow band of forest that separates it from the stone circles. OK, this could be just a dump of stones by the roadside, but I photographed it anyway, enjoying the view south down the valley before we set off for home. Opening up Pastscape later that evening, I was pleased to find this cairn recorded.

Hethpool Cairn
Hethpool Cairn submitted by Anne T : The Hethpool Cairn, showing its probably robbed centre. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Cairn in Northumberland

This cairn, which might have been just a pile of stones by the roadside, is in fact recorded as a probably Bronze Age cairn by Pastscape - see their entry for Monument No. 13434333.

Pastscape tells us that this cairn was discovered by chance during the course of unrelated fieldwork. It is not scheduled, but is around 8 metres in diameter and 0.5m high, although probably robbed. If it wasn't for the forest planted between it and the Hethpool Stone Circles to the north, the stones would be visible from this cairn. It sits just to the south of the stones, just to the west of College Burn and with views to the hills at the southern end of the valley.
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Hethpool Cairn
Hethpool Cairn submitted by Anne T : Standing on the northerly change of slope of the cairn looking south through College Valley. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Hethpool Cairn
Hethpool Cairn submitted by Anne T : Standing at the forest fenceline looking south down College Valley. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Hethpool Cairn
Hethpool Cairn submitted by Anne T : First view of the stony mound of the cairn which is next to the west of the road, next to a narrow strip of woodland separating it from the Hethpool stone circles just to the north. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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 287m NNE 25° Hethpool Stone Circles* Stone Circle (NT89252778)
 639m W 259° Great Hetha Camp* Hillfort (NT885274)
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 2.8km SSW 192° Southernknowe Farmstead (College Valley)* Ancient Village or Settlement (NT8854124761)
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 3.3km S 178° Coldburn (College Valley)* Ancient Village or Settlement (NT8924924207)
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 4.1km ENE 64° Yeavering Bell* Hillfort (NT92802931)
 4.3km W 271° Green Humbleton Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (NT84832758)
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