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Prehistoric cairnfield and linear boundary on Thwaites Fell immediately north of Hodgewife Well is a Bronze Age monument complex located in Cumberland. The site comprises a substantial field of burial cairns arranged across the fell landscape, accompanied by a linear boundary feature that may represent land division or territorial demarcation of the period. Such cairnfield systems are characteristic of upland Bronze Age settlement and pastoral use in northern England, reflecting organised use of moorland resources during the second millennium BC. The monument survives as earthwork remains visible across the fell terrain and represents important evidence for prehistoric land use and social organisation in the north-western uplands.
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 monument complex located in Cumberland. 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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