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Maiden Castle round cairn, Burnmoor

England
List entry 1008532
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1008532
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.03 hectares
Grid reference
NY 18481 05425
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Maiden Castle round cairn, Burnmoor is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Cumberland, England. The site consists of a substantial circular cairn of stone, characteristic of burial structures constructed during the Bronze Age period. As a round cairn, it represents an important category of prehistoric funerary architecture, indicating the presence of settled communities and established burial practices in the region during the second millennium before the common era. The monument survives as a significant archaeological record of Bronze Age settlement and ritual activity on the upland landscape of northern England.

Maiden Castle round cairn, Burnmoor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008532. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Maiden Castle round cairn, Burnmoor?

Maiden Castle round cairn, Burnmoor is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Cumberland, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008532.

Who is responsible for protecting Maiden Castle round cairn, Burnmoor?

Maiden Castle round cairn, Burnmoor 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 1008532.

What other scheduled monuments are near Maiden Castle round cairn, Burnmoor?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rough Crag prehistoric cairnfield, funerary cairn and a linear boundary 1000m ENE of Woodend Bridge (8.8 km), Rough Crag prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system 600m ENE of Woodend Bridge (8.9 km), Sike Moss prehistoric cairnfield and two ring cairns 215m north east of Woodend Bridge (8.9 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
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Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Rough Crag prehistoric cairnfield, funerary cairn and a linear boundary 1000m ENE of Woodend Bridge
8.8 km
Rough Crag prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system 600m ENE of Woodend Bridge
8.9 km
Sike Moss prehistoric cairnfield and two ring cairns 215m north east of Woodend Bridge
8.9 km
Brown Rigg prehistoric cairnfield 375m east of Woodend Bridge
9.2 km
Prehistoric cairnfield 420m north east of Winds Gate
9.4 km
Brown Rigg prehistoric cairnfield and a funerary cairn 400m south east of Woodend Bridge
9.4 km
Prehistoric cairnfield on Birkby Fell, 360m south east of Raven Crag
9.8 km
Prehistoric hut circle settlement and cairnfield, three medieval settlements and associated field systems, and two shielings north of Crosbythwaite
9.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Maiden Castle round cairn, Burnmoor

Maiden Castle round cairn, Burnmoor stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Ordovician, bedrock that formed in the Ordovician. The rock here is mafic lava.

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