Scheduled MonumentsEnglandRound cairn 630m ENE of Sunbiggin Farm

Round cairn 630m ENE of Sunbiggin Farm

England
List entry 1011149
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1011149
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.07 hectares
Grid reference
NY 66553 09003
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Round cairn 630m ENE of Sunbiggin Farm is a prehistoric burial monument located in Westmorland, England. The cairn belongs to the Bronze Age period, when such earthen and stone mounds were constructed as communal or individual burial sites across northern Britain. The monument survives as a roughly circular mound of stone and earth, a characteristic form of barrow construction typical of upland regions in the Lake District and surrounding areas during the second millennium BC. As a scheduled ancient monument, the site remains of considerable archaeological value for understanding Bronze Age burial practices and settlement patterns in the North West of England.

Round cairn 630m ENE of Sunbiggin Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011149. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Round cairn 630m ENE of Sunbiggin Farm?

Round cairn 630m ENE of Sunbiggin Farm is a prehistoric burial monument located in Westmorland, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011149.

Who is responsible for protecting Round cairn 630m ENE of Sunbiggin Farm?

Round cairn 630m ENE of Sunbiggin Farm 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 1011149.

What other scheduled monuments are near Round cairn 630m ENE of Sunbiggin Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round cairn 450m south-east of Castle Folds (1.3 km), Castle Folds Romano-British defended stone hut circle settlement and medieval shieling (1.6 km), Gamelands embanked stone circle (2.7 km).

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Overview
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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
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Round cairn 630m ENE of Sunbiggin Farm

Round cairn 630m ENE of Sunbiggin Farm stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.