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Prehistoric cairnfield 1.0km ESE of Low Gillerthwaite is a Bronze Age funerary and ritual landscape situated in the upland regions of Cumberland. The monument comprises a dispersed field of cairns, typical of upland pastoral territories exploited during the Bronze Age, likely dating to the second and early first millennia BC. Such cairnfield monuments represent the material expression of communities managing moorland and fell-side grazing lands, with individual cairns serving variously as burial monuments, territorial markers, or ritual foci. The site's location within the elevated terrain of the region reflects the economic patterns and land use practices characteristic of Bronze Age upland settlement and land division in northern Britain.
Prehistoric cairnfield 1.0km ESE of Low Gillerthwaite is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1408244. View the official record →
Prehistoric cairnfield 1.0km ESE of Low Gillerthwaite is a Bronze Age funerary and ritual landscape situated in the upland regions of Cumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1408244.
Prehistoric cairnfield 1.0km ESE of Low Gillerthwaite 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 1408244.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Prehistoric cairnfield and a Romano-British farmstead and its associated field system 1.24 km ESE of Low Gillerthwaite (0.3 km), Gillerthwaite and Dodsgill Beck medieval settlements, associated field systems and cairnfields 790m ENE and 370m north-east of Low Gillerthwaite (0.4 km), Woundell Beck medieval settlement, associated field system and cairnfield 890m west of Low Gillerthwaite (1.6 km).
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