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Four funerary cairns and a surrounding cairnfield on Threepow Raise is a Bronze Age monument located in Westmorland, comprising a cluster of burial cairns set within a broader landscape of scattered stone features typical of upland funerary practice. The four principal cairns represent individual burial monuments, whilst the surrounding cairnfield indicates sustained use of this elevated location for interment and ceremonial purposes during the Bronze Age period. Such cairn clusters reflect the social organisation and burial practices of Bronze Age communities in the Lake District uplands, where prominent topographical positions were deliberately selected for funerary monuments. The site remains an important archaeological record of prehistoric burial custom and landscape use in the region.
Four funerary cairns and a surrounding cairnfield on Threepow Raise is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007356. View the official record →
Four funerary cairns and a surrounding cairnfield on Threepow Raise is a Bronze Age monument located in Westmorland, comprising a cluster of burial cairns set within a broader landscape of scattered stone features typical of upland funerary practice. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007356.
Four funerary cairns and a surrounding cairnfield on Threepow Raise 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 1007356.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round cairn north of Four Stones Hill (5.6 km), Two standing stones north-west of Four Stones Hill (5.6 km), Enclosure containing four clearance cairns and a stone bank west of Four Stones Hill (5.7 km).
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