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Prehistoric cairnfield and linear boundary on Thwaites Fell immediately north of Hodgewife Well is a Bronze Age ritual and funerary landscape situated in Cumberland on the high moorland of the Lake District's peripheral uplands. The monument comprises a concentration of burial cairns distributed across the fell, associated with a linear boundary or territorial marker constructed from stone. Such cairnfield complexes represent significant centres of Bronze Age settlement and ceremonial activity, indicating sustained occupation and land organisation during the second and early first millennia BC. The surviving field monuments demonstrate the prehistoric community's relationship with the upland environment and their investment in formal burial practices and landscape demarcation.
Prehistoric cairnfield and linear boundary on Thwaites Fell immediately north of Hodgewife Well is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021139. View the official record →
Prehistoric cairnfield and linear boundary on Thwaites Fell immediately north of Hodgewife Well is a Bronze Age ritual and funerary landscape situated in Cumberland on the high moorland of the Lake District's peripheral uplands. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021139.
Prehistoric cairnfield and linear boundary on Thwaites Fell immediately north of Hodgewife Well 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 1021139.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, 230m south east of Swinside (1.9 km), Duddon Bridge Ironworks and associated leats and Duddon Bridge Bobbin Mill and associated leats 370m north west of Duddon Bridge (3.2 km), Little Grassoms prehistoric field system, two cairnfields and six funerary cairns on Bootle Fell (3.3 km).
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