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Round cairn 490m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell

England

List entry 1007378

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1007378

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

0.05 hectares

Grid reference

NY 49303 22183

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

Round cairn 490m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell, is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Westmorland in the English Lake District. The site consists of a cairn constructed from stone, characteristic of burial practices during the Bronze Age period when such monuments served as markers for cremated or inhumed remains. The cairn forms part of a wider cairn field on Askham Fell, indicating sustained use of this upland landscape for burial purposes across the Bronze Age. As a scheduled monument, it represents an important element of the prehistoric landscape and burial archaeology of the region.

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 →

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Questions & answers

What is Round cairn 490m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell?

Round cairn 490m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell, is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Westmorland in the English Lake District. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007378.

Who is responsible for protecting Round cairn 490m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell?

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.

What other scheduled monuments are near Round cairn 490m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell?

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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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

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

Romano-British farmstead at Haweswater

6.2 km

Settlement SW of Naddle Bridge

6.6 km

Romano-British farmstead 800m north-east of High House

6.8 km

Shap Premonstratensian Abbey, including the precinct wall, abbey mill and mill race, and two fishponds

8.8 km

Medieval dyke system and shieling west of Shap Abbey

9 km

The ground beneath

The bedrock under Round cairn 490m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell

Round cairn 490m south east of White Raise round cairn, Askham Fell stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.

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