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Prehistoric cairnfield, ring cairn, hut circle and field system on Thwaites Fell 670m east of Hodgewife Well is a Bronze Age settlement complex located in the upland landscape of Cumberland. The site comprises multiple elements typical of prehistoric upland occupation, including a ring cairn of funerary significance, scattered cairns forming a cairnfield, the remains of at least one hut circle indicating domestic settlement, and associated field boundaries suggesting contemporary land management and agriculture. These features collectively demonstrate sustained human activity and habitation during the Bronze Age, when such upland areas of northern England supported pastoral and agricultural communities. The survival of these monuments on the fell landscape provides evidence of prehistoric land use patterns and settlement organisation in the region during this period.
Prehistoric cairnfield, ring cairn, hut circle and field system on Thwaites Fell 670m east of Hodgewife Well is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021140. View the official record →
Prehistoric cairnfield, ring cairn, hut circle and field system on Thwaites Fell 670m east of Hodgewife Well is a Bronze Age settlement complex located in the upland landscape of Cumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021140.
Prehistoric cairnfield, ring cairn, hut circle and field system on Thwaites Fell 670m east 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 1021140.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, 230m south east of Swinside (1.6 km), Duddon Bridge Ironworks and associated leats and Duddon Bridge Bobbin Mill and associated leats 370m north west of Duddon Bridge (2.4 km), Little Grassoms prehistoric field system, two cairnfields and six funerary cairns on Bootle Fell (3.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Prehistoric cairnfield, ring cairn, hut circle and field system on Thwaites Fell 670m east of Hodgewife Well's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Prehistoric cairnfield, ring cairn, hut circle and field system on Thwaites Fell 670m east of Hodgewife Well stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Ordovician, bedrock that formed in the Ordovician. The rock here is mafic tuff.