Dod Hill East

Nearest town:
Alnwick (20km E)
OS reference:
NT9953120782
OS sheet:
75
Latitude:
55° 28' 50.8 N
Longitude:
2° 0' 26.72 W
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Image of Dod Hill East (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) by thesweetcheat

Looking southwest across the big cairn towards Cunyan Crags and Dunmoor Hill.

Image credit: A. Brookes (11.3.2019)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Apr 17, 2019
Image of Dod Hill East (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) by thesweetcheat

Stone piles on the east of the big cairn. Looking towards Heddon Hill.

Image credit: A. Brookes (11.3.2019)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Apr 17, 2019
Image of Dod Hill East (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) by thesweetcheat

One of the smaller cairns in the foreground, the big cairn beyond. Looking towards Dod Hill.

Image credit: A. Brookes (11.3.2019)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Apr 17, 2019
Image of Dod Hill East (Barrow / Cairn Cemetery) by thesweetcheat

The remaining rim on the northwestern arc of the big cairn.

Image credit: A. Brookes (11.3.2019)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Apr 17, 2019

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Dod Hill East
Barrow / Cairn Cemetery
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Apr 17, 2019

The remains of a very substantial cairn with several smaller ones, at the bottom of the eastern slopes of Dod Hill, which is an obvious focal point.

Pastscape description:

Although severely robbed, the surviving rim of this round cairn shows it was originally about 23.0m overall diameter.

An arc of earthfast kerbstones is visible around the S side, but the entire NE quadrant has been destroyed by robbing. Standing to a maximum height of 1.3m on the W side, the original height of the cairn was probably at least double this, judging by the large rubble heaps and sheepfolds nearby.

Six metres S. of the cairn, is a compact sub-circular earth and rubble mound about 5.0m in overall diameter and about 1.0m high. It appears undisturbed and cannot be regarded as spoil from the larger mound. Possibly a small satellite cairn, but one cannot be certain on ground evidence.

Remains of a further 4 round cairns, between 3.5 metres and 5 metres in diameter and up to 0.5 metres high, can be seen to the south and east.

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