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The monument complex located 1.1 kilometres south-east of Stainton in Cumberland is a designated ancient monument comprising multiple periods of settlement and land use spanning from prehistoric times through the medieval period. The site encompasses a prehistoric stone circle, trackway, cairnfields, funerary cairns, and hut circles that reflect Bronze Age and Iron Age activity, alongside a Romano-British farmstead indicating continued occupation during the Roman period, and a medieval field system demonstrating the long continuity of agricultural management of this landscape. The combination of burial monuments, domestic structures, and field divisions across these consecutive periods illustrates sustained human use of the location from the Bronze Age through the medieval era. This multi-period palimpsest makes the site of considerable significance for understanding settlement patterns and land exploitation in the upland regions of north-western England.
Prehistoric stone circle, trackway, cairnfields, funerary cairns, hut circles, Romano-British farmstead and a medieval field system, 1.1km SE of Stainton is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016988. View the official record →
The monument complex located 1.1 kilometres south-east of Stainton in Cumberland is a designated ancient monument comprising multiple periods of settlement and land use spanning from prehistoric times through the medieval period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016988.
Prehistoric stone circle, trackway, cairnfields, funerary cairns, hut circles, Romano-British farmstead and a medieval field system, 1.1km SE of Stainton 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 1016988.
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 (1.9 km), Prehistoric cairnfield and two associated hut circles on Corney Fell, 860m north of Buckbarrow Bridge (2.6 km), Prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system on Corney Fell, 620m south east of Lambground (2.6 km).
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