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Round cairn 490m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in the upland landscape of Westmorland. The cairn consists of a circular mound of stones typical of burial structures from the second millennium BCE. Its position on Askham Fell, alongside other contemporary monuments in the vicinity including White Raise round cairn, reflects the Bronze Age use of high fell country for ritual and burial purposes. The monument survives as an important element of the prehistoric archaeological landscape of the Lake District uplands.
Round cairn 490m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007378. View the official record →
Round cairn 490m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in the upland landscape of Westmorland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007378.
Round cairn 490m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell 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 1007378.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Enclosure containing four clearance cairns and a stone bank west of Four Stones Hill (6 km), Round cairn on Burn Banks (6 km), Round cairn west of enclosure on Four Stones Hill (6 km).
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