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Cairns on Kiln Bank 1/6 to 1/2 mile (270m-800m) SSE of Far Kiln Bank Farmhouse

England
List entry 1007234
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007234
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.16 hectares
Grid reference
SD 21349 93675, SD 21635 93259, SD 21647 93283, SD 21637 93280, SD 21628 93275, SD 21621 93283, SD 21629 93285, SD 21629 93294, SD 21620 93295, SD 21531 93233, SD 21458 93266, SD 21373 93394
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Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Cairns on Kiln Bank is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Lancashire, situated between 270 and 800 metres south-south-east of Far Kiln Bank Farmhouse. The site consists of a series of burial cairns, which represent the funerary practices of Bronze Age communities in the region. These monuments reflect the ritual and ceremonial significance attributed to the dead during the second millennium BCE. The cairns survive as earthwork remains and form part of the broader landscape of Bronze Age burial monuments characteristic of upland Lancashire.

Cairns on Kiln Bank 1/6 to 1/2 mile (270m-800m) SSE of Far Kiln Bank Farmhouse is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007234. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Cairns on Kiln Bank 1/6 to 1/2 mile (270m-800m) SSE of Far Kiln Bank Farmhouse?

Cairns on Kiln Bank is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Lancashire, situated between 270 and 800 metres south-south-east of Far Kiln Bank Farmhouse. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007234.

Who is responsible for protecting Cairns on Kiln Bank 1/6 to 1/2 mile (270m-800m) SSE of Far Kiln Bank Farmhouse?

Cairns on Kiln Bank 1/6 to 1/2 mile (270m-800m) SSE of Far Kiln Bank Farmhouse 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 1007234.

What other scheduled monuments are near Cairns on Kiln Bank 1/6 to 1/2 mile (270m-800m) SSE of Far Kiln Bank Farmhouse?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Settlement on The Hawk (2.6 km), Hesk Fell prehistoric cairnfield and funerary cairn, a linear boundary, and a dispersed medieval settlement and field system 840m west of Horseman Gate (3.2 km), Prehistoric cairnfield and linear boundary on Hesk Fell 800m north of Holehouse Bridge (3.5 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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Settlement on The Hawk
2.6 km
Hesk Fell prehistoric cairnfield and funerary cairn, a linear boundary, and a dispersed medieval settlement and field system 840m west of Horseman Gate
3.2 km
Prehistoric cairnfield and linear boundary on Hesk Fell 800m north of Holehouse Bridge
3.5 km
Duddon Bridge Ironworks and associated leats and Duddon Bridge Bobbin Mill and associated leats 370m north west of Duddon Bridge
5.2 km
Prehistoric cairnfield, ring cairn, hut circle and field system on Thwaites Fell 670m east of Hodgewife Well
5.4 km
Lath Rigg prehistoric cairnfield, hut circle and field system on Thwaites Fell 600m NNW of Thwaite Yeat
5.4 km
Conscientious Objectors’ Stone, 140m south east of Green Moor farmhouse
5.5 km
Prehistoric round cairn on Whitfell
5.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Cairns on Kiln Bank 1/6 to 1/2 mile (270m-800m) SSE of Far Kiln Bank Farmhouse

Cairns on Kiln Bank 1/6 to 1/2 mile (270m-800m) SSE of Far Kiln Bank Farmhouse stands on Caradoc Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Caradocian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

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