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Bootle Fell is a complex ancient monument in Cumberland comprising prehistoric and medieval archaeological features spanning several millennia of human activity. The site contains funerary cairns and ring cairns of Bronze Age date, alongside associated cairnfield systems that demonstrate Bronze Age land use and burial practice across the fell. Hut circles scattered across the monument indicate prehistoric domestic occupation, whilst later field systems including a medieval enclosed field arrangement overlay earlier features, illustrating the continuity and transformation of land exploitation from prehistoric through to medieval periods. The monument's significance lies in its preservation of multiple phases of settlement and land management, providing evidence for long-term human habitation and territorial organization in upland Cumberland.
Prehistoric cairnfields, funerary cairns, ring cairns, hut circles, field systems and a medieval enclosed field system on Bootle Fell is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017066. View the official record →
Bootle Fell is a complex ancient monument in Cumberland comprising prehistoric and medieval archaeological features spanning several millennia of human activity. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017066.
Prehistoric cairnfields, funerary cairns, ring cairns, hut circles, field systems and a medieval enclosed field system on Bootle Fell 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 1017066.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Great Grassoms prehistoric cairnfield, four funerary cairns, two medieval dispersed settlements and associated field systems on Bootle Fell (0.7 km), Little Grassoms prehistoric field system, two cairnfields and six funerary cairns on Bootle Fell (1.2 km), Sunkenkirk Stone Circle, 230m south east of Swinside (4.5 km).
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