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Hesk Fell prehistoric cairnfield and funerary cairn is a Bronze Age funerary and ritual landscape situated on the fells west of Horseman Gate in Cumberland. The site comprises a concentration of burial cairns typical of upland Bronze Age use, along with associated linear boundaries that likely demarcated territorial or pastoral divisions. A dispersed medieval settlement and field system overlay the prehistoric remains, indicating continuity of land use into the medieval period, with settlement patterns and field arrangements reflecting the agricultural economy of that later phase. The site demonstrates the long-term occupation and management of upland terrain from the Bronze Age through the medieval period.
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 and ritual landscape situated on the fells 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).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Hesk Fell prehistoric cairnfield and funerary cairn, a linear boundary, and a dispersed medieval settlement and field system 840m west of Horseman Gate's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Hesk Fell prehistoric cairnfield and funerary cairn, a linear boundary, and a dispersed medieval settlement and field system 840m west of Horseman Gate stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Ordovician, bedrock that formed in the Ordovician. The rock here is felsic tuff.