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Round cairn 30m east of Wicker Street Roman Road

England
List entry 1011512
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1011512
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.03 hectares
Grid reference
NY 60411 11739
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Round cairn 30m east of Wicker Street Roman Road is a prehistoric burial mound situated in Westmorland, England. The monument consists of a circular heap of stones typical of cairn construction from the Bronze Age, when such structures served as communal or individual burial sites across northern Britain. Its proximity to the Roman road suggests the cairn predates the Roman period and has retained its form through subsequent centuries of landscape use. The site is recorded as a scheduled monument under the National Heritage List for England and represents an important survival of upland funerary practice in the Lake District region.

Round cairn 30m east of Wicker Street Roman Road is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011512. View the official record →

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What is Round cairn 30m east of Wicker Street Roman Road?

Round cairn 30m east of Wicker Street Roman Road is a prehistoric burial mound situated in Westmorland, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011512.

Who is responsible for protecting Round cairn 30m east of Wicker Street Roman Road?

Round cairn 30m east of Wicker Street Roman Road 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 1011512.

What other scheduled monuments are near Round cairn 30m east of Wicker Street Roman Road?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary on Hazel Moor and two medieval shielings (1 km), Round cairn 35m east of summit of Long Scar Pike (1.4 km), Round cairn on Howenook Pike (1.8 km).

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Monuments
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Roman Britain
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary on Hazel Moor and two medieval shielings
1 km
Round cairn 35m east of summit of Long Scar Pike
1.4 km
Round cairn on Howenook Pike
1.8 km
Ring cairn north-west of Cattle Howe
2.3 km
Round cairn 460m NNE of Broadfell
3.1 km
Friar Biggins monastic grange
4.1 km
Gamelands embanked stone circle
5.1 km
Castle Folds Romano-British defended stone hut circle settlement and medieval shieling
5.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Round cairn 30m east of Wicker Street Roman Road

Round cairn 30m east of Wicker Street Roman Road stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.

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