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Threepow Raise is a Bronze Age cairnfield located in Westmorland, comprising four funerary cairns set within a broader scatter of cairnwork across the moorland landscape. The monument represents a significant concentration of burial activity from the Bronze Age period, when such cairned landscapes served as focal points for ritual deposition and the commemoration of the dead. The four primary funerary cairns are distinctive structural features within the wider cairnfield, which extends across the surrounding terrain as evidence of sustained ceremonial and burial practice. This arrangement typifies the pattern of Bronze Age funerary monuments found across upland areas of northern England, marking territories and ancestral claims across the moorland environment.
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 →
Threepow Raise is a Bronze Age cairnfield located in Westmorland, comprising four funerary cairns set within a broader scatter of cairnwork across the moorland landscape. 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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