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Heddon Laws is a Bronze Age round cairn situated on the top of a natural hillock in Northumberland. It is located about 1½ miles north of Heddon-on-the-Wall. The cairn which is a large mound of stone and earth, measures 80 feet in diameter and stands to a maximum height of 8½ feet tall. It is documented that the cairn was the site of a beacon in 1549, one of a line of such beacon steads used as signalling devices during the border warfare of the Middle Ages. The site of the cairn is also referred to as the location of encampments in 1341 and 1643-4. It is within the council area of Northumberland.
Historic England Scheduled Monument 1015846.
Place Type: Prehistoric Burial Site
Historic County: Northumberland
Lat, Long: 55.018293,-1.7816914
Grid Reference: NZ 1405 6932
Civil Parish: Heddon-on-the-Wall CP
Council Area: Northumberland CA
Strategic Authority Area: North East SA
Police Area: Northumbria PA
GBPN ID: 302369
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Heddon_Laws,_Northumberland_302369
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Historic England Scheduled Monument 1015846.
Place Type: Prehistoric Burial Site
Historic County: Northumberland
Lat, Long: 55.018293,-1.7816914
Grid Reference: NZ 1405 6932
Civil Parish: Heddon-on-the-Wall CP
Council Area: Northumberland CA
Strategic Authority Area: North East SA
Police Area: Northumbria PA
GBPN ID: 302369
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Heddon_Laws,_Northumberland_302369
Peruse Northumberland on Wikishire