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Round cairn on Askham Fell, 270m north of The Cop Stone is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Westmorland, England. The cairn takes the form of a circular mound constructed from stone, a characteristic funerary structure of the Bronze Age period when such burial cairns were extensively built across upland areas of northern England. The monument's survival on Askham Fell represents an important archaeological record of prehistoric land use and burial practice in the Lake District region. As a scheduled monument under heritage protection, it contributes to our understanding of Bronze Age settlement and ceremonial activity in the Pennine and Lake District uplands.
Round cairn on Askham Fell, 270m north of The Cop Stone is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007361. View the official record →
Round cairn on Askham Fell, 270m north of The Cop Stone is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Westmorland, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007361.
Round cairn on Askham Fell, 270m north of The Cop Stone 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 1007361.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round cairn on Burn Banks (5.6 km), Enclosure containing four clearance cairns and a stone bank west of Four Stones Hill (5.7 km), Round cairn west of enclosure on Four Stones Hill (5.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round cairn on Askham Fell, 270m north of The Cop Stone'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 on Askham Fell, 270m north of The Cop Stone stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.