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Enclosure containing four clearance cairns and a stone bank west of Four Stones Hill is a prehistoric monument located in Westmorland, consisting of a defined enclosure marked by a substantial stone bank with four clearance cairns positioned within its bounds. The clearance cairns are typical products of Bronze Age or Iron Age agricultural activity, formed by the accumulation of stones removed from adjacent land during the process of field preparation and clearance. The stone bank defining the enclosure represents a deliberate boundary construction, likely serving both practical and territorial functions within the prehistoric landscape. The monument reflects the sustained management and organisation of upland terrain during the later prehistoric period.
Enclosure containing four clearance cairns and a stone bank west of Four Stones Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011159. View the official record →
Enclosure containing four clearance cairns and a stone bank west of Four Stones Hill is a prehistoric monument located in Westmorland, consisting of a defined enclosure marked by a substantial stone bank with four clearance cairns positioned within its bounds. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011159.
Enclosure containing four clearance cairns and a stone bank west of Four Stones Hill 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 1011159.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round cairn west of enclosure on Four Stones Hill (0.1 km), Romano-British farmstead 800m north-east of High House (0.8 km), Romano-British farmstead at Haweswater (1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Enclosure containing four clearance cairns and a stone bank west of Four Stones Hill's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Enclosure containing four clearance cairns and a stone bank west of Four Stones Hill stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Ordovician, bedrock that formed in the Ordovician. The rock here is felsic tuff.