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Round cairn on Birkrigg Common, 520 metres north west of High Sunbrick Farm, is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated in Lancashire. The structure comprises a circular mound of stones typical of cairn construction during the second millennium before the present, serving as a burial marker within the moorland landscape. Its presence on Birkrigg Common reflects the pattern of Bronze Age settlement and ritual activity across the upland regions of north-west England, where such monuments are distributed across the contemporary pastoral landscape. The cairn survives as a physical record of prehistoric funeral practices and the social organisation of Bronze Age communities in the Pennine foothills region.
Round cairn on Birkrigg Common, 520m north west of High Sunbrick Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013965. View the official record →
Round cairn on Birkrigg Common, 520 metres north west of High Sunbrick Farm, is a Bronze Age funerary monument situated in Lancashire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013965.
Round cairn on Birkrigg Common, 520m north west of High Sunbrick 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 1013965.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Concentric stone circle on Birkrigg Common (1 km), Romano-British enclosed hut circle settlement 660m south east of Holme Bank (1.2 km), Romano-British farmstead and associated enclosure west of Scales Haggs, 300m NNE of Scales Green Farm (2 km).
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