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.[1]
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  Shown within Northumberland | |
| Location | near Kielder |
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| Coordinates | 55°13′43.320″N 2°33′52.200″W / 55.22870000°N 2.56450000°W |
| OS grid reference | NY 642 929 |
| Type | Long cairn |
| History | |
| Periods | Neolithic |
| Designated | 15 November 1994 |
| Reference no. | 1009666 |
Description
editThe 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 14 metres (197 by 46 ft), and is 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) high. There has been some later quarrying to make a sheep fold, which is next to the cairn on the north-west.[1]
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.[1]
References
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- ^ a b c Historic England. "Devil's Lapful Long Cairn, 1km east of Butteryhaugh Bridge (1009666)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 December 2021.