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Cairnfield south of Straighthead Gill, Burnmoor is a Bronze Age ceremonial and funerary landscape comprising multiple cairns distributed across upland moorland in Cumberland. The site consists of several burial mounds constructed during the Bronze Age, reflecting the funerary practices and land use patterns of prehistoric communities in the northern Pennines. The cairns remain visible as earthwork monuments on the moorland surface, preserving evidence of ritual activity and territorial occupation during the second millennium before the present. The site's upland location and association with other contemporary Bronze Age monuments in the region demonstrates the sustained use of this landscape for ceremonial and mortuary purposes in prehistoric times.
Cairnfield south of Straighthead Gill, Burnmoor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008535. View the official record →
Cairnfield south of Straighthead Gill, Burnmoor is a Bronze Age ceremonial and funerary landscape comprising multiple cairns distributed across upland moorland in Cumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008535.
Cairnfield south of Straighthead Gill, Burnmoor 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 1008535.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system 630m east of the confluence of Hall Beck and Devoke Water (9 km), Rough Crag prehistoric cairnfield, funerary cairn and a linear boundary 1000m ENE of Woodend Bridge (9 km), Rough Crag prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system 600m ENE of Woodend Bridge (9.1 km).
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