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Hesk Fell prehistoric cairnfield and funerary cairn is a Bronze Age funerary monument and associated field system located 840 metres west of Horseman Gate in Cumberland. The site comprises multiple cairns typical of upland Bronze Age burial practice, distributed across the fell landscape in a pattern reflecting the use of the area for ritual deposition of the dead. A linear boundary feature crosses the monument, indicating later land management and division of the upland terrain. The dispersed medieval settlement and field system evidence a period of renewed occupation and exploitation of the fell, demonstrating continuity of human activity and landscape use across a span of more than two thousand years.
Hesk Fell prehistoric cairnfield and funerary cairn, a linear boundary, and a dispersed medieval settlement and field system 840m west of Horseman Gate is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020280. View the official record →
Hesk Fell prehistoric cairnfield and funerary cairn is a Bronze Age funerary monument and associated field system located 840 metres west of Horseman Gate in Cumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020280.
Hesk Fell prehistoric cairnfield and funerary cairn, a linear boundary, and a dispersed medieval settlement and field system 840m west of Horseman Gate 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 1020280.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Prehistoric cairnfield and linear boundary on Thwaites Fell immediately north of Hodgewife Well (4.3 km), Prehistoric cairnfield, ring cairn, hut circle and field system on Thwaites Fell 670m east of Hodgewife Well (4.4 km), Lath Rigg prehistoric cairnfield, hut circle and field system on Thwaites Fell 600m NNW of Thwaite Yeat (4.8 km).
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