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Lath Rigg is a Bronze Age cairnfield, hut circle and field system located on Thwaites Fell in Cumberland, situated approximately 600 metres north-north-west of Thwaite Yeat. The monument comprises a dispersed cluster of clearance cairns typical of prehistoric upland exploitation, associated with the remains of at least one hut circle indicative of permanent or semi-permanent settlement activity. The field boundaries visible across the site suggest a managed pastoral landscape organised during the Bronze Age, demonstrating the integration of domestic occupation with agricultural use of the upland terrain. This archaeological complex represents evidence of prehistoric land use patterns and settlement strategies in the northern Pennine uplands during the second millennium before the Common Era.
Lath Rigg prehistoric cairnfield, hut circle and field system on Thwaites Fell 600m NNW of Thwaite Yeat is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021141. View the official record →
Lath Rigg is a Bronze Age cairnfield, hut circle and field system located on Thwaites Fell in Cumberland, situated approximately 600 metres north-north-west of Thwaite Yeat. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021141.
Lath Rigg prehistoric cairnfield, hut circle and field system on Thwaites Fell 600m NNW of Thwaite Yeat 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 1021141.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, 230m south east of Swinside (1.3 km), Duddon Bridge Ironworks and associated leats and Duddon Bridge Bobbin Mill and associated leats 370m north west of Duddon Bridge (2 km), Little Grassoms prehistoric field system, two cairnfields and six funerary cairns on Bootle Fell (4.1 km).
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