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Raise Howe is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age burial cairn located in Westmorland in the English Lake District. The monument consists of a substantial mound of stone that served as a communal or individual burial structure, typical of funerary monuments constructed during the prehistoric period in upland regions of northern England. Its construction and use reflect the ritual and burial practices of early farming communities in the region during the third or second millennium before the present. The site remains an important archaeological indicator of prehistoric settlement and ceremonial activity in the Lakeland fells.
Raise Howe cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007586. View the official record →
Raise Howe is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age burial cairn located in Westmorland in the English Lake District. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007586.
Raise Howe cairn 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 1007586.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round cairn 460m NNE of Broadfell (3.3 km), Friar Biggins monastic grange (3.6 km), Ring cairn north-west of Cattle Howe (3.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Raise Howe cairn's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Raise Howe cairn stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.