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Maw Rigg cairnfield in Langdale Forest

England
List entry 1019631
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1019631
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
20.3 hectares
Grid reference
SE 91970 93963
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Maw Rigg cairnfield is a Bronze Age ritual and burial landscape situated in Langdale Forest in Yorkshire. The site comprises multiple cairns distributed across the moorland, representing a concentrated area of prehistoric funerary and ceremonial activity dating to the Bronze Age period. The cairns vary in size and form, typical of upland cairnfield complexes that served as burial monuments and territorial markers within the wider prehistoric settlement pattern of the Pennine uplands. Such sites are significant for understanding Bronze Age burial practices, social organization, and the use of marginal upland environments during the second millennium before the present era.

Maw Rigg cairnfield in Langdale Forest is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019631. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Maw Rigg cairnfield in Langdale Forest?

Maw Rigg cairnfield is a Bronze Age ritual and burial landscape situated in Langdale Forest in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019631.

Who is responsible for protecting Maw Rigg cairnfield in Langdale Forest?

Maw Rigg cairnfield in Langdale Forest 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 1019631.

What other scheduled monuments are near Maw Rigg cairnfield in Langdale Forest?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two long barrows 630m and 690m north east of Scamridge Farm (8.1 km), Long barrow 630m north west of Scamridge Farm (8.4 km), Round barrow 600m west of Scamridge Farm (8.8 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
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Historical Maps
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Two long barrows 630m and 690m north east of Scamridge Farm
8.1 km
Long barrow 630m north west of Scamridge Farm
8.4 km
Round barrow 600m west of Scamridge Farm
8.8 km
Northern of two round barrows known as Row Howes, 640m south east of East Moor Farm
9 km
Southern of two round barrows known as Row Howes, 680m south east of East Moor Farm
9 km
Prehistoric linear boundary and associated features including a medieval monastic grange, north, east and south east of Moorsome Farm
9.2 km
Round barrow 200m north west of High Park Farm
9.4 km
Long barrow 530m north of Keeper's Cottage
10.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Maw Rigg cairnfield in Langdale Forest

Maw Rigg cairnfield in Langdale Forest stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

The wider landscape

Around Maw Rigg cairnfield in Langdale Forest

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