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Crawley Edge Cairns

Coordinates: 54°45′11″N 1°59′49″W / 54.753149°N 1.9968609°W / 54.753149; -1.9968609
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Crawley Edge Cairns
Crawley Edge Cairns is located in County Durham
Crawley Edge Cairns
Map showing the location of the Crawley Edge Cairns in County Durham.
Alternative nameCrawley Edge Cairnfield
Locationnear Stanhope, County Durham
RegionNorth East
Coordinates54°45′11″N 1°59′49″W / 54.753149°N 1.9968609°W / 54.753149; -1.9968609
TypeBronze Age Cairnfield

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.[1]

The Cairnfield

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The cairnfield site lies on a gentle south-facing slope of a hill-spur in Weardale and remains in open moorland.[1] Two of the cairns were excavated in 1977 and surveys undertaken in 1984 and 1991.[1][2]

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.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "PastScape Record: MONUMENT NO. 20163". English Heritage. 2007. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  2. ^ Young, R. and Welfare, A. T., 1978. Excavations at Crawley Edge, Stanhope in Weardale, 1976-7 (Archaeological Reports for 1977). Durham: University of Durham, pp.8-10
  3. ^ Turnbull, P. (2006). "Archaeological Survey in connection with a proposed new trackway on Bollihope Common, Frosterley, Weardale, Co. Durham (Brigantia Archaeological Practice)" (PDF). Archaeology Data Service. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
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