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Round cairn 280m south-east of The Cockpit stone circle is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Westmorland, England. The cairn survives as a substantial earthwork mound of stacked stone, characteristic of barrow construction during the Bronze Age period. Its proximity to The Cockpit stone circle suggests it forms part of a wider Bronze Age ritual and funerary landscape typical of the upland regions of northern England. Such monuments served as burial repositories, often containing cremated or inhumed remains, and reflect the ceremonial significance assigned to the dead during the second millennium before Christ.
Round cairn 280m south-east of The Cockpit stone circle is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011587. View the official record →
Round cairn 280m south-east of The Cockpit stone circle is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Westmorland, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011587.
Round cairn 280m south-east of The Cockpit stone circle 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 1011587.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round cairn north of Four Stones Hill (5.8 km), Two standing stones north-west of Four Stones Hill (5.8 km), Enclosure containing four clearance cairns and a stone bank west of Four Stones Hill (5.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round cairn 280m south-east of The Cockpit stone circle'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.
Round cairn 280m south-east of The Cockpit stone circle stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.