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Round cairn on Hameldon Pasture

England
List entry 1008919
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1008919
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.03 hectares
Grid reference
SD 89118 32597
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Round cairn on Hameldon Pasture is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on the moorland of the Forest of Bowland in Lancashire. The cairn survives as a roughly circular mound constructed from stone, characteristic of burial practices during the Bronze Age period when such monuments were erected across northern England's upland regions. As a scheduled ancient monument, it represents an important example of prehistoric ritual and commemorative landscape use in the Pennine areas, contributing to understanding of Bronze Age settlement patterns and mortuary practices in the region.

Round cairn on Hameldon Pasture is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008919. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Round cairn on Hameldon Pasture?

Round cairn on Hameldon Pasture is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on the moorland of the Forest of Bowland in Lancashire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008919.

Who is responsible for protecting Round cairn on Hameldon Pasture?

Round cairn on Hameldon Pasture 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 1008919.

What other scheduled monuments are near Round cairn on Hameldon Pasture?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Hameldon Pasture (0 km), Two Romano-British farmsteads known as Ring Stones (0.6 km), Ring cairn on Slipper Hill (0.7 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow on Hameldon Pasture
0 km
Two Romano-British farmsteads known as Ring Stones
0.6 km
Ring cairn on Slipper Hill
0.7 km
Twist Castle Romano-British farmstead
1.1 km
Bowl barrow 90m east of Twist Castle
1.1 km
Ice house at Towneley Hall
4.2 km
Warren at Everage Clough 450m north east of New Copy Farm
4.8 km
Thieveley lead mine 330m south west and 910m WSW of Buckleys
5.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Round cairn on Hameldon Pasture

Round cairn on Hameldon Pasture stands on Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Lower Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.

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