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Cairnfield south of Straighthead Gill, Burnmoor is a Bronze Age ceremonial and funerary monument complex located on the upland moorland of Cumberland. The site consists of multiple cairns and associated earthworks distributed across the landscape, typical of Bronze Age burial practices in northern England. Such cairnfield monuments served as focal points for ritual activity and the interment of the dead during the Bronze Age period, roughly 2200 to 800 BC. The survival of the site as an upland monument reflects the persistence of these structures in areas where later agricultural development was limited.
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 monument complex located on the upland moorland of 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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