Pettigarths Field Cairns

Brough, United Kingdom

The Pettigarths Field Cairns is a Neolithic site containing upright stones and masonry. The south cairn is roughly 6 metres square, with an eastern entrance passage and circular chamber about 2 metres across. 4 metresbto the north is a round cairn, 4.5 metres in diameter, with a rectangular cist. The two cairns are located on a rise, about 140 metres northwest of Benie Hoose. The first archaeological explorations were carried out in 1936 and 1938. They were then inferred to be tombs belonging to the Late Stone Age and Early Bronze Age.

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