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Round cairn 660m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell, is a Bronze Age burial monument located on the open fells of Westmorland in the English Lake District uplands. The cairn survives as a roughly circular mound of stones characteristic of Bronze Age funerary practice in northern England, constructed to mark and contain inhumation or cremation burials. Such monuments, typically dating between the mid-second and late second millennium BC, represent significant investment in memorial construction and reflect the social status of the interred individuals or communities. The site's location on Askham Fell, part of the wider landscape of prehistoric funerary monuments in Westmorland, contributes to understanding Bronze Age settlement patterns and ritual practice in the upland zone of northwest England.
Round cairn 660m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007371. View the official record →
Round cairn 660m north east of The Cockpit, Askham Fell, is a Bronze Age burial monument located on the open fells of Westmorland in the English Lake District uplands. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007371.
Round cairn 660m 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 1007371.
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 (6.3 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 660m 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 660m 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.