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Image of Kirkhaugh (Round Barrow(s)) by Stoneshifter

Here’s a GoogleEarth image of the main field at Kirkhaugh which has a clear shot of the Long Mortuary Enclosure. This is listed on the county SMR but hasn’t been scheduled or anything.

Image credit: www.davidaspinall.co.uk

Stoneshifter May 17, 2009

Articles

Kirkhaugh

Boys strike gold with ornament dig

Hob Aug 5, 2014

Seems a second gold ‘earing’, this one interpreted as a hair ornament, that looks akin to the one found at Kirkhaugh in 1935.

Makes it one of the oldest bits of metal in Britain, dating back to the chalcolithic, around 2,300BCE.

northumberlandgazette.co.uk/news/national-news/boys-strike-gold-with-ornament-dig-1-6766776

Kirkhaugh

Round Barrow(s)

BrigantesNation Aug 9, 2003

The hair or ear ring found at Kirhaugh, is almost identical to a pair found at Boltby Scar also. They are thought to have originated in Ireland.

There are three cairns at this site, and at least one of them is known to have contained a burial. The Kirkhaugh “ear ornament” (looks more like a dreadlock ring to me!), identical to that which was found buried with the famous “Amesbury Archer”, was discovered in this burial and is some of the earliest gold sheetwork known in Britain.

Kirkhaugh

Round Barrow(s)

Hob May 21, 2016

Altogether Archaeology: Kirkhaugh Cairn Geophysical survey, 2014.

PDF file.

“Summary: This report presents the results of geophysical surveys conducted as part of the
North Pennines AONB Partnership’s ‘Altogether Archaeology’ community project at
Kirkhaugh in Tynedale. The works comprised detailed geomagnetic and earth
resistance surveys over a Bell beaker barrow prior to renewed excavation; the site
had been partially excavated in 1935.”