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Prehistoric cairnfield 420m north east of Winds Gate

England
List entry 1020204
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1020204
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
3.79 hectares
Grid reference
SD 18810 96056
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Prehistoric cairnfield 420m north east of Winds Gate is a Bronze Age funerary and ritual landscape located in Cumberland, England. The monument comprises a dispersed grouping of burial cairns distributed across upland terrain, representative of the burial practices and settlement patterns of Bronze Age communities in the region. Such cairnfields typically date to the second millennium BC and represent significant investment in commemorating the dead within defined territorial areas. The site contributes to understanding prehistoric land use and social organisation in the upland zones of northern England during this formative period of British prehistory.

Prehistoric cairnfield 420m north east of Winds Gate is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020204. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Prehistoric cairnfield 420m north east of Winds Gate?

Prehistoric cairnfield 420m north east of Winds Gate is a Bronze Age funerary and ritual landscape located in Cumberland, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020204.

Who is responsible for protecting Prehistoric cairnfield 420m north east of Winds Gate?

Prehistoric cairnfield 420m north east of Winds Gate 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 1020204.

What other scheduled monuments are near Prehistoric cairnfield 420m north east of Winds Gate?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Prehistoric cairnfield and linear boundary on Thwaites Fell immediately north of Hodgewife Well (6.3 km), Prehistoric cairnfield, ring cairn, hut circle and field system on Thwaites Fell 670m east of Hodgewife Well (6.4 km), Settlement on The Hawk (6.5 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
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Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Prehistoric cairnfield and linear boundary on Thwaites Fell immediately north of Hodgewife Well
6.3 km
Prehistoric cairnfield, ring cairn, hut circle and field system on Thwaites Fell 670m east of Hodgewife Well
6.4 km
Settlement on The Hawk
6.5 km
Prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system on Waberthwaite Fell, on the north bank of Charlesground Gill, 880m south east of High Corney
6.6 km
Lath Rigg prehistoric cairnfield, hut circle and field system on Thwaites Fell 600m NNW of Thwaite Yeat
6.8 km
Three prehistoric cairnfields and an associated field system on Corney Fell, 1.2km south east of High Corney
7.1 km
Prehistoric cairnfield and two associated hut circles on Corney Fell, 860m north of Buckbarrow Bridge
7.3 km
Duddon Bridge Ironworks and associated leats and Duddon Bridge Bobbin Mill and associated leats 370m north west of Duddon Bridge
7.6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Prehistoric cairnfield 420m north east of Winds Gate

Prehistoric cairnfield 420m north east of Winds Gate stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Ordovician, bedrock that formed in the Ordovician. The rock here is mafic lava.

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