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Great Grassoms is a complex archaeological site on Bootle Fell in Cumberland comprising prehistoric funerary monuments and later medieval settlement remains. The site includes four Bronze Age cairns forming a cairnfield, representing ritual burial practices of the second millennium BCE. Two dispersed medieval settlements with their associated field systems indicate sustained land use and agricultural organisation during the medieval period, demonstrating the longue durée of human activity across the fell landscape. The juxtaposition of prehistoric funerary monuments with later settlement archaeology illustrates the palimpsest of land use across this upland area of northern England.
Great Grassoms prehistoric cairnfield, four funerary cairns, two medieval dispersed settlements and associated field systems on Bootle Fell is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017065. View the official record →
Great Grassoms is a complex archaeological site on Bootle Fell in Cumberland comprising prehistoric funerary monuments and later medieval settlement remains. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017065.
Great Grassoms prehistoric cairnfield, four funerary cairns, two medieval dispersed settlements and associated field systems on Bootle Fell 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 1017065.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Little Grassoms prehistoric field system, two cairnfields and six funerary cairns on Bootle Fell (0.5 km), Prehistoric cairnfields, funerary cairns, ring cairns, hut circles, field systems and a medieval enclosed field system on Bootle Fell (0.7 km), Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, 230m south east of Swinside (3.9 km).
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