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Round cairn on Dale Moor is a prehistoric funerary monument located in Westmorland, England. The cairn dates to the Bronze Age and consists of a mound of stones constructed as a burial monument, characteristic of the ritual and mortuary practices of upland communities in northern England during this period. Such round cairns served as conspicuous landmarks on the moorland landscape, marking places of ancestral significance and territorial importance. The monument survives as an archaeological record of Bronze Age settlement patterns and funerary tradition in the Lake District uplands.
Round cairn on Dale Moor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007587. View the official record →
Round cairn on Dale Moor is a prehistoric funerary monument located in Westmorland, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007587.
Round cairn on Dale Moor 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 1007587.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary on Hazel Moor and two medieval shielings (2.1 km), Round cairn 35m east of summit of Long Scar Pike (2.2 km), Round cairn on Howenook Pike (3 km).
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