Memorials & monuments · North East England
Devil's Lapful Long Cairn, 1km east of Butteryhaugh Bridge
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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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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Kielderhead and Emblehope Moors SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
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.
- What is 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.
- How do I get to Devil's Lapful Long Cairn, 1km east of Butteryhaugh Bridge?
- Drivers can use postcode NE48 1HG.
- Is Devil's Lapful Long Cairn, 1km east of Butteryhaugh Bridge a protected site?
- Yes — Devil's Lapful Long Cairn, 1km east of Butteryhaugh Bridge is part of the Kielderhead and Emblehope Moors SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- 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.