Memorials & monuments · North East England
Devil's Lapful Long Cairn, 1km east of Butteryhaugh Bridge
Devil's Lapful Long Cairn, 1km east of Butteryhaugh Bridge in England North East, United Kingdom.
Les Hull — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 15 min–45 min
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Devil's Lapful Long Cairn, 1km east of Butteryhaugh Bridge is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Devil's Lapful is an archaeological site in Northumberland, England, in Kielder Forest about 0.8 miles (1.3 km) south-east of Kielder. The site, a Neolithic long cairn, is a scheduled monument.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
Description
The cairn is one of few surviving long cairns in Northumberland. It is on the south-west slope of a hill, and is orientated north-north-east to south-south-west. It is constructed of rounded boulders with some stone slabs, and with smaller stones at the edges; it measures 60 by, and is 2 m high. There has been some later quarrying to make a sheep fold, which is next to the cairn on the north-west. Monuments such as this are thought to date from the Early to Middle Neolithic (about 3400–2400 BC); they were probably burials sites for a local community over several generations.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 55.2287, -2.5645
- District
- Northumberland
- Parish
- Kielder
- Postcode
- NE48 1HG
- Parliamentary constituency
- Hexham
Sources
- wikidata: Q17645946 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Devil's Lapful (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Devil's Lapful Long Cairn, 1km east of Butteryhaugh Bridge?
- Devil's Lapful Long Cairn, 1km east of Butteryhaugh Bridge is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode NE48 1HG), in the parish of Kielder.
- Is Devil's Lapful Long Cairn, 1km east of Butteryhaugh Bridge free to visit?
- Yes, Devil's Lapful Long Cairn, 1km east of Butteryhaugh Bridge is free to enter.
- How do I get to Devil's Lapful Long Cairn, 1km east of Butteryhaugh Bridge?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode NE48 1HG. It sits within the Hexham parliamentary constituency.