Scheduled MonumentsEnglandCairnfield 210m south west of Throng Moss Reservoir

Cairnfield 210m south west of Throng Moss Reservoir

England
List entry 1007213
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007213
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.26 hectares
Grid reference
SD 27754 92259
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Cairnfield 210m south west of Throng Moss Reservoir is a Bronze Age monument located in Lancashire, England. The site comprises a scatter of cairns situated on moorland in the upland landscape characteristic of Bronze Age ceremonial and burial practices in northern England. Such cairnfield complexes typically date to the second millennium BC and represent clusters of burial cairns or ritual monuments constructed by Bronze Age communities. The monument is recorded as a scheduled ancient monument under the National Heritage List for England designation 1007213, reflecting its archaeological importance as evidence of prehistoric settlement and burial practices in the region.

Cairnfield 210m south west of Throng Moss Reservoir is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007213. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Cairnfield 210m south west of Throng Moss Reservoir?

Cairnfield 210m south west of Throng Moss Reservoir is a Bronze Age monument located in Lancashire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007213.

Who is responsible for protecting Cairnfield 210m south west of Throng Moss Reservoir?

Cairnfield 210m south west of Throng Moss Reservoir is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1007213.

What other scheduled monuments are near Cairnfield 210m south west of Throng Moss Reservoir?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Dike, circles and cairns on Bleaberry Haws (2.7 km), Conscientious Objectors’ Stone, 140m south east of Green Moor farmhouse (3.5 km), Settlement on The Hawk (3.7 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
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Literature
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Cairnfield 210m south west of Throng Moss Reservoir

Cairnfield 210m south west of Throng Moss Reservoir stands on Wenlock Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.