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Cairns and enclosure on The Rigg, Banishead is a Bronze Age monument located in Lancashire. The site comprises a cairn or cairns associated with an enclosure, representing settlement or ceremonial activity characteristic of upland usage during the Bronze Age period. The physical remains reflect the prehistoric exploitation of the landscape, with the enclosure suggesting a defined space for habitation or stock management. Such monuments are significant for understanding Bronze Age settlement patterns and land use in the Pennine uplands.
Cairns and enclosure on The Rigg, Banishead is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007246. View the official record →
Cairns and enclosure on The Rigg, Banishead is a Bronze Age monument located in Lancashire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007246.
Cairns and enclosure on The Rigg, Banishead 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 1007246.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Dike, circles and cairns on Bleaberry Haws (2.1 km), Cairns on Foul Scrow (2.2 km), Two bloomeries, 340m and 570m NNE of Hoathwaite Landing on Coniston Water (2.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cairns and enclosure on The Rigg, Banishead's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Cairns and enclosure on The Rigg, Banishead stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Ordovician, bedrock that formed in the Ordovician. The rock here is felsic tuff.