Scheduled MonumentsEnglandPike How prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system 320m south west of High Ground

Pike How prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system 320m south west of High Ground

England
List entry 1019554
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1019554
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
14.29 hectares
Grid reference
SD 17148 97863, SD 16844 97730, SD 17200 97750
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Pike How prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system is a Bronze Age or Iron Age monument located on high ground in Cumberland. The site consists of a concentration of cairns with an associated field system, evidencing prehistoric land use and settlement patterns in the upland landscape of northern England. The cairnfield represents organised agricultural activity and territorial use of the high moorland during the later prehistoric period. Such monuments are valuable for understanding prehistoric subsistence strategies and the extent of settlement in marginal upland areas during antiquity.

Pike How prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system 320m south west of High Ground is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019554. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Pike How prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system 320m south west of High Ground?

Pike How prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system is a Bronze Age or Iron Age monument located on high ground in Cumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019554.

Who is responsible for protecting Pike How prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system 320m south west of High Ground?

Pike How prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system 320m south west of High Ground 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 1019554.

What other scheduled monuments are near Pike How prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system 320m south west of High Ground?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Three prehistoric cairnfields and an associated field system on Corney Fell, 1.2km south east of High Corney (7 km), Prehistoric cairnfield and two associated hut circles on Corney Fell, 860m north of Buckbarrow Bridge (7.4 km), Prehistoric cairnfield and linear boundary on Thwaites Fell immediately north of Hodgewife Well (7.7 km).

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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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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Pike How prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system 320m south west of High Ground

Pike How prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system 320m south west of High Ground stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Ordovician To Silurian, bedrock that formed in the Silurian. The rock here is felsic-rock.