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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 →
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.
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.
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).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Pike How prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system 320m south west of High Ground's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
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.