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Ring cairn on Stockdale Moor is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in the upland landscape of Cumberland, north of Cawfell Beck. The site comprises a circular cairn with a distinctive central depression or ring structure, characteristic of Bronze Age burial practices in northern England where such monuments commonly served as focal points for ritual and commemorative activity. The monument's position on Stockdale Moor places it within a broader distribution of prehistoric cairnfield remains across the Pennine uplands, reflecting the sustained use of high moorland for settlement and burial during the Bronze Age period. The site remains a significant archaeological record of Bronze Age funerary traditions and the occupation patterns of prehistoric upland communities in this region.
Ring cairn on Stockdale Moor 825m west of Pearson's Fold, north of Cawfell Beck is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020339. View the official record →
Ring cairn on Stockdale Moor is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in the upland landscape of Cumberland, north of Cawfell Beck. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020339.
Ring cairn on Stockdale Moor 825m west of Pearson's Fold, north of Cawfell Beck 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 1020339.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Monks Graves prehistoric cairn cemetery, cairnfields, field system, funerary cairns and a ring cairn on Stockdale Moor (0.7 km), Stockdale Moor prehistoric cairnfields, field systems, unenclosed cairn cemetery, ring cairns and funerary cairns (1.5 km), Town Bank prehistoric stone hut circle settlements, field systems, funerary cairns, ring cairn and cairnfield (1.6 km).
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