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Gray Borran group of cairns

England
List entry 1007227
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007227
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.16 hectares
Grid reference
NY 12313 06352
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Gray Borran group of cairns is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Cumberland, England. The site comprises multiple cairns, which represent a significant concentration of burial structures from the second millennium BCE. These monuments reflect the ritual and burial practices of Bronze Age communities in the upland regions of northern England, providing archaeological evidence of settlement patterns and social organisation during this period. The cairns form part of the broader landscape of prehistoric funerary monuments characteristic of the Cumbrian uplands.

Gray Borran group of cairns is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007227. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Gray Borran group of cairns?

Gray Borran group of cairns is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Cumberland, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007227.

Who is responsible for protecting Gray Borran group of cairns?

Gray Borran group of cairns 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 1007227.

What other scheduled monuments are near Gray Borran group of cairns?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Prehistoric cairnfield south west of Water Crag, 290m north west of the confluence of Linbeck Gill and Devoke Water (9.5 km), Prehistoric cairnfield, associated field system and hut circle east of Water Crag (9.6 km), Prehistoric cairnfield on Birkby Fell, 360m south east of Raven Crag (9.7 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
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
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Local Names
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Prehistoric cairnfield south west of Water Crag, 290m north west of the confluence of Linbeck Gill and Devoke Water
9.5 km
Prehistoric cairnfield, associated field system and hut circle east of Water Crag
9.6 km
Prehistoric cairnfield on Birkby Fell, 360m south east of Raven Crag
9.7 km
Black Beck North prehistoric cairnfield on Birkby Fell, 950m SSW of the confluence of Linbeck Gill and Black Beck
9.7 km
Prehistoric cairnfield 420m south east of the triangulation pillar on Rough Crag
9.8 km
Pike How prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system 320m south west of High Ground
9.8 km
Prehistoric cairnfield, hut circle settlement, field system, funerary cairn, and a medieval shieling on Birkby Fell west of Devoke Water
9.9 km
High cross shaft, high cross head, and high cross base in St Michael and All Angels churchyard
10 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Gray Borran group of cairns

Gray Borran group of cairns stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Ordovician, bedrock that formed in the Ordovician. The rock here is mafic lava.

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