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Long cairn 330m east of Mossthorn is a Neolithic burial monument located in Cumberland, England. The site represents the characteristic funerary architecture of the early agricultural communities of northern Britain, dating to the Neolithic period. As a long cairn, the structure would have served as a communal burial place, reflecting the monumental investment and social organisation of prehistoric farming societies. The monument survives as an earthwork and stone structure in the landscape, preserving evidence of ritual practices and settlement patterns from several millennia before the Common Era.
Long cairn 330m east of Mossthorn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012818. View the official record →
Long cairn 330m east of Mossthorn is a Neolithic burial monument located in Cumberland, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012818.
Long cairn 330m east of Mossthorn 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 1012818.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round cairn 280m south-east of The Cockpit stone circle (8.5 km), Ring cairn on Askham Fell and four adjacent stones (8.7 km), Four funerary cairns and a surrounding cairnfield on Threepow Raise (8.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Long cairn 330m east of Mossthorn's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Long cairn 330m east of Mossthorn stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.