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Prehistoric cairnfield on Corney Fell, 680m north east of Charlesground

England
List entry 1017179
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1017179
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
3.45 hectares
Grid reference
SD 12640 92376
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Prehistoric cairnfield on Corney Fell, 680m north east of Charlesground is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Cumberland, England. The site comprises a concentration of burial cairns distributed across the fell, representing a substantial cemetery of the prehistoric period. Such cairnfield monuments reflect Bronze Age funerary practices and landscape use, with multiple cairns within a defined area indicating a locus of burial activity over an extended period. The site contributes to understanding prehistoric settlement patterns and ritual practices in the upland regions of northern England.

Prehistoric cairnfield on Corney Fell, 680m north east of Charlesground is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017179. View the official record →

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What is Prehistoric cairnfield on Corney Fell, 680m north east of Charlesground?

Prehistoric cairnfield on Corney Fell, 680m north east of Charlesground is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Cumberland, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017179.

Who is responsible for protecting Prehistoric cairnfield on Corney Fell, 680m north east of Charlesground?

Prehistoric cairnfield on Corney Fell, 680m north east of Charlesground 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 1017179.

What other scheduled monuments are near Prehistoric cairnfield on Corney Fell, 680m north east of Charlesground?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Three prehistoric cairnfields and an associated field system on Corney Fell, 1.2km south east of High Corney (0.6 km), Prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system on Corney Fell, 620m south east of Lambground (1 km), Prehistoric cairnfield and two associated hut circles on Corney Fell, 860m north of Buckbarrow Bridge (1.3 km).

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Overview
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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
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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
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Three prehistoric cairnfields and an associated field system on Corney Fell, 1.2km south east of High Corney
0.6 km
Prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system on Corney Fell, 620m south east of Lambground
1 km
Prehistoric cairnfield and two associated hut circles on Corney Fell, 860m north of Buckbarrow Bridge
1.3 km
Prehistoric cairnfields, field systems, hut circles and a farmstead on Corney Fell, 440m north west of Buckbarow Bridge
2.2 km
Seaton nunnery (site of)
3.1 km
Prehistoric cairnfields, funerary cairns, ring cairns, hut circles, field systems and a medieval enclosed field system on Bootle Fell
3.4 km
Great Grassoms prehistoric cairnfield, four funerary cairns, two medieval dispersed settlements and associated field systems on Bootle Fell
3.9 km
Little Grassoms prehistoric field system, two cairnfields and six funerary cairns on Bootle Fell
4 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Prehistoric cairnfield on Corney Fell, 680m north east of Charlesground

Prehistoric cairnfield on Corney Fell, 680m north east of Charlesground stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Ordovician To Silurian, bedrock that formed in the Silurian. The rock here is felsic-rock.

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