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Round cairn 580m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell is a Bronze Age burial monument located on the upland terrain of Westmorland in the Lake District region. The cairn comprises a circular mound of stones typical of prehistoric funerary practice, built to mark and contain the remains of Bronze Age individuals or communities. Such monuments are characteristic of the period from around 2000 to 500 BC, when burial cairns were a dominant form of monumental expression across the British uplands. The site's position on Askham Fell reflects the broader pattern of Bronze Age settlement and ritual activity in the Westmorland fells, areas which would have held particular significance for prehistoric populations.
Round cairn 580m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007369. View the official record →
Round cairn 580m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell is a Bronze Age burial monument located on the upland terrain of Westmorland in the Lake District region. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007369.
Round cairn 580m north east of The Cockpit, 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 1007369.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round cairn north of Four Stones Hill (6.2 km), Two standing stones north-west of Four Stones Hill (6.2 km), Enclosure containing four clearance cairns and a stone bank west of Four Stones Hill (6.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round cairn 580m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Round cairn 580m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.