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The Five Barrows is a Bronze Age round cairn cemetery situated on Holystone Common in Northumberland. There are actually at least 20 cairns of different sizes, ranging from 10 to 60 feet in diameter. They are mainly visible as circular and elongated turf and heather covered mounds of between 1 and 4 feet high. Five of the mounds are more prominent and substantial than the others and so becoming known as 'The Five Barrows'. It is within the council area of Northumberland.
Historic England Scheduled Monument 1011400.
Place Type: Prehistoric Burial Site
Historic County: Northumberland
Lat, Long: 55.312798,-2.0764149
Grid Reference: NT 9524 0208
Civil Parish: Harbottle CP
Council Area: Northumberland CA
Strategic Authority Area: North East SA
Police Area: Northumbria PA
GBPN ID: 304922
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/The_Five_Barrows,_Northumberland_304922
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Historic England Scheduled Monument 1011400.
Place Type: Prehistoric Burial Site
Historic County: Northumberland
Lat, Long: 55.312798,-2.0764149
Grid Reference: NT 9524 0208
Civil Parish: Harbottle CP
Council Area: Northumberland CA
Strategic Authority Area: North East SA
Police Area: Northumbria PA
GBPN ID: 304922
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/The_Five_Barrows,_Northumberland_304922
Peruse Northumberland on Wikishire