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Round cairn 490m ENE of Rough Hill Tarn

England
List entry 1007365
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007365
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.02 hectares
Grid reference
NY 49943 19543
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Round cairn 490m ENE of Rough Hill Tarn is a Bronze Age burial monument situated in Westmorland in the English Lake District. The structure comprises a substantial mound of stones typical of cairn construction from the second millennium BCE, serving as a funerary monument for one or more individuals of the period. The site's survival and archaeological record contribute to the understanding of Bronze Age settlement patterns and mortuary practices in the upland regions of northern England. Its position within the landscape reflects the distribution of contemporary burial sites across Westmorland's elevated terrain.

Round cairn 490m ENE of Rough Hill Tarn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007365. View the official record →

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What is Round cairn 490m ENE of Rough Hill Tarn?

Round cairn 490m ENE of Rough Hill Tarn is a Bronze Age burial monument situated in Westmorland in the English Lake District. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007365.

Who is responsible for protecting Round cairn 490m ENE of Rough Hill Tarn?

Round cairn 490m ENE of Rough Hill Tarn 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 1007365.

What other scheduled monuments are near Round cairn 490m ENE of Rough Hill Tarn?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Settlement SW of Naddle Bridge (3.9 km), Romano-British farmstead 800m north-east of High House (4.2 km), Shap Premonstratensian Abbey, including the precinct wall, abbey mill and mill race, and two fishponds (6.5 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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Historical Maps
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Settlement SW of Naddle Bridge
3.9 km
Romano-British farmstead 800m north-east of High House
4.2 km
Shap Premonstratensian Abbey, including the precinct wall, abbey mill and mill race, and two fishponds
6.5 km
Medieval dyke system and shieling west of Shap Abbey
6.5 km
Skellaw Hill bowl barrow
7 km
Round cairn west of White Raise
7 km
Round cairn on White Raise
7 km
Keld Chapel
7.4 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Round cairn 490m ENE of Rough Hill Tarn

Round cairn 490m ENE of Rough Hill Tarn stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Ordovician, bedrock that formed in the Ordovician. The rock here is felsic tuff.

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