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Prehistoric cairnfield 840m east of Birkerthwaite is a Bronze Age funerary and ceremonial monument located in Cumberland, England. The site consists of a dispersed group of stone cairns constructed during the Bronze Age, reflecting the burial practices and land use of prehistoric upland communities in the Lake District region. Cairnfields of this type typically served multiple functions within Bronze Age societies, acting as burial markers for individual or family groups whilst also demarcating territorial boundaries and sacred landscape features. The monument's survival as an archaeological site provides evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns and the organisation of Bronze Age communities in northern England's upland areas.
Prehistoric cairnfield 840m east of Birkerthwaite is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019614. View the official record →
Prehistoric cairnfield 840m east of Birkerthwaite is a Bronze Age funerary and ceremonial monument located in Cumberland, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019614.
Prehistoric cairnfield 840m east of Birkerthwaite 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 1019614.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Prehistoric round cairn on Whitfell (6 km), Prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system on Waberthwaite Fell, on the north bank of Charlesground Gill, 880m south east of High Corney (7.9 km), Settlement on The Hawk (7.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Prehistoric cairnfield 840m east of Birkerthwaite'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.
Prehistoric cairnfield 840m east of Birkerthwaite stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Ordovician, bedrock that formed in the Ordovician. The rock here is mafic lava.