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Round cairn on Birkrigg Common, 520m north west of High Sunbrick Farm, is a Bronze Age burial monument consisting of a roughly circular mound of stones. The cairn measures approximately 18 metres in diameter and survives to a modest height, representing a characteristic form of funerary architecture from the Bronze Age period. Such monuments were constructed as communal or individual burial places and reflect the ritual and social practices of Bronze Age communities in northern England. The site's location on the higher ground of Birkrigg Common is typical of cairn placement in the upland landscape of Lancashire during this period.
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, 520m north west of High Sunbrick Farm, is a Bronze Age burial monument consisting of a roughly circular mound of stones. 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).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round cairn on Birkrigg Common, 520m north west of High Sunbrick Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Round cairn on Birkrigg Common, 520m north west of High Sunbrick Farm stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.