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Round cairn 450m north-east of Mazon Wath

England
List entry 1011155
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1011155
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.04 hectares
Grid reference
NY 69226 08482
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Round cairn 450m north-east of Mazon Wath is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Westmorland, England. The site consists of a circular mound of stones constructed as a funerary structure, typical of cairn burials dating to the second millennium BC. Such monuments are characteristic of upland Bronze Age practice in the Lake District and Pennine regions, where stone cairns served as markers for high-status burials and territorial focal points within the landscape. The cairn survives as an archaeological record of prehistoric mortuary practice and settlement patterns in northern England.

Round cairn 450m north-east of Mazon Wath is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011155. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Round cairn 450m north-east of Mazon Wath?

Round cairn 450m north-east of Mazon Wath is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Westmorland, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011155.

Who is responsible for protecting Round cairn 450m north-east of Mazon Wath?

Round cairn 450m north-east of Mazon Wath 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 1011155.

What other scheduled monuments are near Round cairn 450m north-east of Mazon Wath?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two round cairns, three Romano-British settlements and aggregate field systems at Severals and Intake, and Smardale Gill lime kilns and quarry (3.4 km), Medieval settlement and chapel site N of Newbiggin-on-Lune (3.6 km), Smardale South Demesne medieval village (4 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
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Historical Maps
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Two round cairns, three Romano-British settlements and aggregate field systems at Severals and Intake, and Smardale Gill lime kilns and quarry
3.4 km
Medieval settlement and chapel site N of Newbiggin-on-Lune
3.6 km
Smardale South Demesne medieval village
4 km
Smardale railway viaduct
4.1 km
Dykes and mounds on either side of Scandal Beck
4.2 km
Smardale Demesne Romano-British farmstead, 700m south west of Holme Farm
4.4 km
Warren including three pillow mounds at Smardale Demesne, 950m south west of Holme Farm
4.4 km
Foundations N of St Oswald's Church
5.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Round cairn 450m north-east of Mazon Wath

Round cairn 450m north-east of Mazon Wath 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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