Devil's Lapful

Devil's Lapful
Tim Fish · CC BY-SA 2.0

Also known as: Devil's Lapful Long Cairn, 1km east of Butteryhaugh Bridge

Devil's Lapful is an archaeological site in Northumberland in Kielder Forest about 0.8 miles south-east of Kielder [1]. The site, a Neolithic long cairn, is a scheduled monument [1]. The cairn is one of few surviving long cairns in Northumberland [1]. It is on the south-west slope of a hill, and is orientated north-north-east to south-south-west [1]. It is constructed of rounded boulders with some stone slabs, and with smaller stones at the edges; it measures 60 by 14 metres, and is 2 metres high [1].

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TypeCairn
Period4500 - 3000 BC
CountryEngland
Coordinates55.2288° N, 2.5645° W

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