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Ring cairn east of Threepow Raise

England
List entry 1011588
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1011588
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.04 hectares
Grid reference
NY 48477 21781
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Ring cairn east of Threepow Raise is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial monument situated in Westmorland. The monument consists of a circular cairn of stones arranged in a ring formation, characteristic of funerary structures dating to the prehistoric period. Its exact chronological attribution and original function remain subjects of archaeological interpretation, though such ring cairns typically served as burial or ceremonial sites for early farming communities. The site forms part of the important landscape of upland barrows and cairns that document prehistoric settlement and ritual practice in the Lake District region.

Ring cairn east of Threepow Raise is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011588. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Ring cairn east of Threepow Raise?

Ring cairn east of Threepow Raise is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial monument situated in Westmorland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011588.

Who is responsible for protecting Ring cairn east of Threepow Raise?

Ring cairn east of Threepow Raise 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 1011588.

What other scheduled monuments are near Ring cairn east of Threepow Raise?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round cairn north of Four Stones Hill (5.5 km), Two standing stones north-west of Four Stones Hill (5.5 km), Enclosure containing four clearance cairns and a stone bank west of Four Stones Hill (5.6 km).

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Monuments
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Battlefields
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Roman Britain
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Domesday
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Civil War
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Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Round cairn north of Four Stones Hill
5.5 km
Two standing stones north-west of Four Stones Hill
5.5 km
Enclosure containing four clearance cairns and a stone bank west of Four Stones Hill
5.6 km
Round cairn west of enclosure on Four Stones Hill
5.6 km
Round cairn on Burn Banks
5.8 km
Romano-British farmstead at Haweswater
5.9 km
Romano-British farmstead 800m north-east of High House
6.4 km
Settlement SW of Naddle Bridge
6.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Ring cairn east of Threepow Raise

Ring cairn east of Threepow Raise stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.

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