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Rough Crag prehistoric cairnfield is a Bronze Age monument complex situated in the upland landscape of Cumberland, approximately 600 metres east-north-east of Woodend Bridge. The site comprises a substantial scatter of cairns associated with an organised field system, representing evidence of prehistoric agricultural land use and settlement activity dating to the Bronze Age period. The cairnfield demonstrates the patterns of pastoral and arable exploitation characteristic of Bronze Age upland communities in northern England, with the field boundaries and cairn distribution reflecting deliberate landscape organisation and management. This monument is protected as a scheduled ancient monument and represents an important archaeological record of early agricultural societies in the Pennine region.
Rough Crag prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system 600m ENE of Woodend Bridge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020202. View the official record →
Rough Crag prehistoric cairnfield is a Bronze Age monument complex situated in the upland landscape of Cumberland, approximately 600 metres east-north-east of Woodend Bridge. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020202.
Rough Crag prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system 600m ENE of Woodend Bridge 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 1020202.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Prehistoric cairnfield and linear boundary on Thwaites Fell immediately north of Hodgewife Well (6.7 km), Prehistoric cairnfield, ring cairn, hut circle and field system on Thwaites Fell 670m east of Hodgewife Well (6.8 km), Three prehistoric cairnfields and an associated field system on Corney Fell, 1.2km south east of High Corney (7.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Rough Crag prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system 600m ENE of Woodend Bridge'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.
Rough Crag prehistoric cairnfield and associated field system 600m ENE of Woodend Bridge stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Ordovician, bedrock that formed in the Ordovician. The rock here is mafic lava.