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Round cairn 490m ENE of Rough Hill Tarn is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Westmorland, England. The site consists of a circular mound of stones constructed as a burial cairn, typical of the funerary practices employed during the Bronze Age across the upland regions of northern England. Such cairns served as permanent markers for the dead and often contained internal stone chambers or cists for inhumation or cremation burials. The monument's survival and formal recording on the heritage list reflects its archaeological importance as evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns and ritual practices in the Lake District uplands.
Round cairn 490m ENE of Rough Hill Tarn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007365. View the official record →
Round cairn 490m ENE of Rough Hill Tarn is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Westmorland, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007365.
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.
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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