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Giants' Graves, four pillow mounds 300m south east of White Brackens House

England
List entry 1007225
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007225
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.15 hectares
Grid reference
NY 77901 04346, NY 77872 04385, NY 77853 04381, NY 77859 04413
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Giants' Graves is a group of four pillow mounds located approximately three hundred metres south-east of White Brackens House in Westmorland, England. Pillow mounds are earthwork monuments of medieval origin, typically constructed as rabbit warrens or artificial breeding grounds for rabbits, which were a valued resource for medieval landowners. These particular examples, like others of their type, represent medieval agricultural and hunting practices, when rabbits were managed intensively on estates to provide both meat and fur. The site is recorded in the National Heritage List for England under list entry 1007225.

Giants' Graves, four pillow mounds 300m south east of White Brackens House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007225. View the official record →

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What is Giants' Graves, four pillow mounds 300m south east of White Brackens House?

Giants' Graves is a group of four pillow mounds located approximately three hundred metres south-east of White Brackens House in Westmorland, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007225.

Who is responsible for protecting Giants' Graves, four pillow mounds 300m south east of White Brackens House?

Giants' Graves, four pillow mounds 300m south east of White Brackens House 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 1007225.

What other scheduled monuments are near Giants' Graves, four pillow mounds 300m south east of White Brackens House?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Three round cairns 190m south of White Brackens House (0.2 km), Lammerside Castle medieval tower house (0.8 km), Round barrow 1/4 mile (400m) N of Lammerside Castle (1 km).

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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
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Civil War
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Three round cairns 190m south of White Brackens House
0.2 km
Lammerside Castle medieval tower house
0.8 km
Round barrow 1/4 mile (400m) N of Lammerside Castle
1 km
Pendragon Castle
1.8 km
Wharton Hall, gatehouse, banqueting hall and kitchen
2 km
Lynchets WNW of Wharton Hall
2.2 km
Round barrow 1/4 mile (400m) N of Wharton Hall
2.4 km
Whitber Romano-British farmstead 660m south west of Highmore Hill
3.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Giants' Graves, four pillow mounds 300m south east of White Brackens House

Giants' Graves, four pillow mounds 300m south east of White Brackens House stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.

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