Benthall Cairn (Beadnell) (Cist) — The Modern Antiquarian

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Image of Benthall Cairn (Beadnell) (Cist) by thesweetcheat

Showing the proximity of the cairn to the cliff edge.

Image credit: A. Brookes (12.10.2019)

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Image of Benthall Cairn (Beadnell) (Cist) by thesweetcheat

Looking south.

Image credit: A. Brookes (12.10.2019)

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Image of Benthall Cairn (Beadnell) (Cist) by thesweetcheat

The eastern (seaward) side of the mound.

Image credit: A. Brookes (12.10.2019)

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Image of Benthall Cairn (Beadnell) (Cist) by thesweetcheat

Exposed side slab at the northern end of the mound/cairn.

Image credit: A. Brookes (12.10.2019)

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Image of Benthall Cairn (Beadnell) (Cist) by thesweetcheat

The remains of the cairn. There’s stonework beneath the bush, which may be growing out of one the cists.

Image credit: A. Brookes (12.10.2019)

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Articles

Benthall Cairn (Beadnell)

Cist

mascot Sep 14, 2009

Keys To The Past Entry

Bronze Age Cists & Cairn

Keys to the past entry states:

“Two stone-lined graves were found here in 1934 when building a small hut. They were on the edge of a mound made of water-worn boulders, pebbles and sand. Both the graves contained bones. A Bronze Age pot was also found in one of them.”

Sites within 20km of Benthall Cairn (Beadnell)

Dunstanburgh Castle

Promontory Fort • 7.31km SE

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Dunstan Hill

Enclosure • 7.49km SW

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Scrog Hill

Round Barrow(s) • 7.59km SSE
Bamburgh Barrow

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 7.69km WNW

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Bamburgh Castle

Hillfort • 8.02km WNW

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Charlton Burn

Enclosure • 9.4km SW

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East Linkhall

Round Barrow(s) • 9.48km SW

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Craster Heugh

Enclosure • 9.53km SSE

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Spindlestone Heughs

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 9.72km W

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Isabella’s Mount

Enclosure • 10.4km WSW

1
Wandylaw

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 10.59km WSW

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Howick Hall

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 11.29km S

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Ellsnook

Round Barrow(s) • 11.51km SSW

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Crag Hill

Cist • 11.85km SW

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Sea Houses Farm

Cup Marked Stone • 11.91km SSE

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Honey Hill

Enclosure • 12.03km SW

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Lucker Moor

Round Cairn • 12.06km WSW

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Kippy Heugh

Enclosure • 12.48km W

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Heifer Law

Enclosure • 12.52km SSW

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Howick Hillfort

Enclosure • 12.72km SSE

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Howick

Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork • 12.77km SSE

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Harlaw Hill 2

Cist • 13.4km S

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White House Folly Hill

Cist • 13.44km SW

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Harlaw Hill

Bank Barrow • 13.49km S

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Whitehill Head

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 13.76km WSW

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Cateran Hill

Cave / Rock Shelter • 13.77km WSW

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Chester Cottage Settlement

Enclosure • 13.97km SSW

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Blackbog Dean

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 14.13km SSW

6

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Whinny Hill

Stone Circle • 14.33km WSW

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Bunkerhill Plantation

Standing Stone / Menhir • 14.44km SW

6

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Millstone Hill

Cup Marked Stone • 14.86km WSW

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Ox Eye

Long Cairn • 14.86km WSW

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Lyham Moor

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 15.5km W

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Chatton

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 15.99km W

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Ros Castle

Cup Marked Stone • 16.02km WSW

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Amerside Law north

Standing Stone / Menhir • 16.06km WSW

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Kettley Crag – lower outcrop

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 16.1km W

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Kettley Crag

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 16.18km W

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Amerside Law

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 16.21km WSW

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4
Hunterheugh East

Standing Stone / Menhir • 16.25km SW

3

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Chatton Camp

Hillfort • 16.35km W

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Kettley Stone

Cup Marked Stone • 16.37km W

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3

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Hunterheugh North East

Cairn(s) • 16.38km SW

6

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Hepburn Moor

Cairn(s) • 16.47km WSW

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Hepburn Crags Camp

Hillfort • 16.69km WSW

10

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The Bowden Doors

Natural Rock Feature • 16.72km W

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Berthele’s Stone

Natural Rock Feature • 16.78km WSW

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Blawearie Cairn

Kerbed Cairn • 16.81km WSW

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Hunterheugh 4 and 5

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 16.81km SW

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Ringses Camp, Beanley Moor

Hillfort • 16.91km SW

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Harehope Hill

Cairn(s) • 16.93km WSW

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Hunterheugh 2 and 3

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 16.95km SW

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Tick Law

Cairn(s) • 16.96km WSW

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Hunterheugh 1

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 17.02km SW

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Hunterheugh 6

Cup Marked Stone • 17.09km SW

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Hunterheugh 8 and 9

Cup Marked Stone • 17.09km SW

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West Brizlee

Enclosure • 17.22km SW

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Old Bewick

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 17.37km WSW

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Midstead

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 17.44km SW

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Camp Hill (Alnwick)

Hillfort • 17.48km SSW

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West Brizlee (South)

Enclosure • 17.65km SW

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Lindisfarne

Cup Marked Stone • 17.71km WNW

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2

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Old Bewick Hillfort

Hillfort • 17.77km WSW

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Alnmouth Wall Rocks

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 17.89km SSE

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Old Bewick Cairn

Cairn(s) • 17.97km WSW

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Beanley Plantation Settlement

Hillfort • 18.14km SW

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Titlington Mount

Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art • 18.22km SW

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St Cuthbert’s Cave (Cockenheugh)

Cave / Rock Shelter • 18.73km W

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Cawledge Bridge

Enclosure • 19.03km SSW

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Hazelrigg

Cup Marked Stone • 19.32km W

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Newtown Mill

Standing Stone / Menhir • 19.71km WSW

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Broomwood Camp

Enclosure • 19.82km SW

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