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Lank Rigg round cairn is a prehistoric burial monument located in Cumberland, England, dating to the Bronze Age. The cairn comprises a substantial mound of stones constructed as a funerary structure, typical of the burial practices evident across northern Britain during the second millennium BCE. Such monuments served as visible markers in the landscape for elite or significant community members, and their construction required considerable labour and social organisation. The site remains an important archaeological record of Bronze Age settlement patterns and mortuary customs in the Lake District region.
Lank Rigg round cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004613. View the official record →
Lank Rigg round cairn is a prehistoric burial monument located in Cumberland, England, dating to the Bronze Age. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004613.
Lank Rigg round cairn 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 1004613.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Town Bank prehistoric stone hut circle settlements, field systems, funerary cairns, ring cairn and cairnfield (2 km), Monks Graves prehistoric cairn cemetery, cairnfields, field system, funerary cairns and a ring cairn on Stockdale Moor (2 km), Ring cairn on Stockdale Moor 825m west of Pearson's Fold, north of Cawfell Beck (2.5 km).
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