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Ring cairn 120m north-west of Raisgill Hall is a prehistoric burial monument located in Westmorland, in the Lake District region of northern England. The site comprises a ring cairn, a circular or oval arrangement of stones that typically enclosed a central burial deposit and dates to the Bronze Age period. Ring cairns of this type represent a distinctive funerary tradition in upland Britain and serve as important archaeological evidence for settlement patterns and ritual practices during the Bronze Age. The monument survives as an upstanding earthwork and stone structure, and its designation as a scheduled monument reflects its archaeological significance and protected status within the English heritage record.
Ring cairn 120m north-west of Raisgill Hall is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011148. View the official record →
Ring cairn 120m north-west of Raisgill Hall is a prehistoric burial monument located in Westmorland, in the Lake District region of northern England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011148.
Ring cairn 120m north-west of Raisgill Hall 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 1011148.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Gaisgill packhorse bridge (0.6 km), Castle Howe motte and bailey castle (2.3 km), Gamelands embanked stone circle (2.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Ring cairn 120m north-west of Raisgill Hall'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.
Ring cairn 120m north-west of Raisgill Hall stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.