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Round cairn on Burn Banks is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Westmorland. The cairn consists of a mounded heap of stones characteristic of Bronze Age burial practices in the upland regions of northern England. Such monuments typically date to the period between approximately 2000 and 1000 BC, when inhumation and cremation burials were commonly marked by substantial stone cairns. The site represents an important element of the Bronze Age landscape and settlement patterns of the Lake District and surrounding uplands.
Round cairn on Burn Banks is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007413. View the official record →
Round cairn on Burn Banks is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Westmorland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007413.
Round cairn on Burn Banks 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 1007413.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Romano-British farmstead 800m north-east of High House (1.5 km), Round cairn west of White Raise (4.3 km), Round cairn on White Raise (4.3 km).
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