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Rospow Hills is a prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system located in the upland landscape of Cumberland, approximately 740 metres south-west of High Wath Ford. The monument comprises numerous burial cairns and an organized field system that reflect the intensive settlement and land use patterns of Bronze Age communities in this region. The cairns and surrounding field boundaries demonstrate the agricultural organization and pastoral economy characteristic of later prehistoric upland exploitation in northern England. The site's preservation within the upland terrain provides significant archaeological evidence for understanding Bronze Age settlement hierarchies and land management practices in the Lake District area.
Rospow Hills prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system 740m south west of High Wath Ford is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020045. View the official record →
Rospow Hills is a prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system located in the upland landscape of Cumberland, approximately 740 metres south-west of High Wath Ford. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020045.
Rospow Hills prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system 740m south west of High Wath Ford 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 1020045.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round cairn 275m south east of High Wath Ford (0.8 km), Round cairn 250m south east of High Wath Ford (0.8 km), Round cairn 390m west of Linewath (0.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Rospow Hills prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system 740m south west of High Wath Ford'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.
Rospow Hills prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system 740m south west of High Wath Ford stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Ordovician To Silurian, bedrock that formed in the Silurian. The rock here is felsic-rock.