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Pike Stones chambered long cairn is a Neolithic burial monument located in Lancashire, England, dating to the fourth or third millennium BC. The site comprises a long cairn with an internal stone chamber, constructed in the tradition of megalithic communal burial practices characteristic of early farming communities in Britain. The monument's chambered structure indicates its use as a funerary monument where multiple individuals would have been interred over a period of time. Its preservation and official listing reflect the archaeological significance of this class of monument in understanding Neolithic settlement, ritual practices, and the introduction of Neolithic culture to northern England.
Pike Stones chambered long cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009120. View the official record →
Pike Stones chambered long cairn is a Neolithic burial monument located in Lancashire, England, dating to the fourth or third millennium BC. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009120.
Pike Stones chambered long cairn 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 1009120.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round Loaf bowl barrow on Anglezarke Moor (1.5 km), Round cairn on Noon Hill (3 km), Bretters Farm moated site and two fishponds (3.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Pike Stones chambered long cairn'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 Stones chambered long cairn stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.