Archaeological sites · Scottish Lowlands
Crawley Edge Cairns
Crawley Edge Cairns — archaeological site in United Kingdom.
Trevor Littlewood — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 45 min–1.5 h
- Nearest railway station
- Stanhope · 1.2 km
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Crawley Edge Cairns is an archaeological site in the United Kingdom. Wikidata describes it as: "archaeological site in United Kingdom". Coordinates: 54.7531°, -1.9969°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Muggleswick, Stanhope and Edmundbyers Commons and Blanchland Moor SSSI
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: North Pennines
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
The Crawley Edge Cairns are a series of forty-two Bronze Age round barrows, cairns and clearance cairns located in a field in Crawleyside, near Stanhope, County Durham, England.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
Description
The cairnfield site lies on a gentle south-facing slope of a hill-spur in Weardale and remains in open moorland. The inclusion of clearance cairns at the site is usually taken as an indication of clearance in advance of arable farming, but the Crawley Edge field unusually includes a barrow cremation mound among the cairns.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 54.7531, -1.9969
- District
- County Durham
- Parish
- Stanhope
- Postcode
- DL13 2YX
- Parliamentary constituency
- Bishop Auckland
- Nearest railway station
- Stanhope — 1.2 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q19587175 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Crawley Edge Cairns (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Crawley Edge Cairns?
- Crawley Edge Cairns is in the Scottish Lowlands, United Kingdom (postcode DL13 2YX), in the parish of Stanhope.
- Is Crawley Edge Cairns a protected site?
- Yes — Crawley Edge Cairns is part of the Muggleswick, Stanhope and Edmundbyers Commons and Blanchland Moor SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the North Pennines National Landscape (AONB).
- How do I get to Crawley Edge Cairns?
- The nearest railway station is Stanhope, about 1.2 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode DL13 2YX.