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Round cairn 450m south-east of Castle Folds

England
List entry 1011150
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1011150
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.04 hectares
Grid reference
NY 65265 08963
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Round cairn 450m south-east of Castle Folds is a prehistoric funerary monument located in Westmorland, England. The cairn represents a form of burial architecture characteristic of the Bronze Age, when such stone-built mounds served as communal or individual interment sites across the upland regions of northern England. The monument's survival in the archaeological landscape demonstrates the long-term stability of these structures on exposed moorland terrain. Its proximity to Castle Folds, a later medieval fortification, illustrates the layered chronology of human settlement in this area of Westmorland, with Bronze Age burial practices predating the castle occupation by over a thousand years.

Round cairn 450m south-east of Castle Folds is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011150. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Round cairn 450m south-east of Castle Folds?

Round cairn 450m south-east of Castle Folds is a prehistoric funerary monument located in Westmorland, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011150.

Who is responsible for protecting Round cairn 450m south-east of Castle Folds?

Round cairn 450m south-east of Castle Folds 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 1011150.

What other scheduled monuments are near Round cairn 450m south-east of Castle Folds?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Castle Folds Romano-British defended stone hut circle settlement and medieval shieling (0.4 km), Round cairn 630m ENE of Sunbiggin Farm (1.3 km), Friar Biggins monastic grange (1.5 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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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Castle Folds Romano-British defended stone hut circle settlement and medieval shieling
0.4 km
Round cairn 630m ENE of Sunbiggin Farm
1.3 km
Friar Biggins monastic grange
1.5 km
Gamelands embanked stone circle
1.5 km
Round cairn 460m NNE of Broadfell
2.6 km
Gaisgill packhorse bridge
2.9 km
Ring cairn 120m north-west of Raisgill Hall
3.5 km
Round cairn 450m north-east of Mazon Wath
4 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Round cairn 450m south-east of Castle Folds

Round cairn 450m south-east of Castle Folds 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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