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Round cairn on High Raise

England
List entry 1011590
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1011590
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.02 hectares
Grid reference
NY 44824 13450
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Round cairn on High Raise is a Bronze Age burial monument situated on the fell landscape of Westmorland in northern England. The cairn consists of a roughly circular mound of stones accumulated over a central burial deposit, a form of funerary architecture characteristic of the second millennium before Christ. The monument survives as a prominent landscape feature on the high ground, contributing to the archaeological record of Bronze Age settlement and mortuary practices in the Pennine uplands. Such cairns typically contained inhumed or cremated remains, though the specific contents and condition of this example would require archaeological examination to establish with certainty.

Round cairn on High Raise is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011590. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Round cairn on High Raise?

Round cairn on High Raise is a Bronze Age burial monument situated on the fell landscape of Westmorland in northern England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011590.

Who is responsible for protecting Round cairn on High Raise?

Round cairn on High Raise 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 1011590.

What other scheduled monuments are near Round cairn on High Raise?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round cairn 200m south-south-west of Bluegill Fold (6 km), Round cairn 250m south-south-west of Bluegill Fold (6.1 km), Northern round cairn on north end of The Tongue, Troutbeck Park (6.2 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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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Round cairn 200m south-south-west of Bluegill Fold
6 km
Round cairn 250m south-south-west of Bluegill Fold
6.1 km
Northern round cairn on north end of The Tongue, Troutbeck Park
6.2 km
Southern round cairn on north end of The Tongue, Troutbeck Park
6.3 km
Romano-British enclosed stone hut circle settlement and Romano-British farmstead north west of Tongue House Barn.
6.6 km
Round cairn 60m east of Hagg Gill
7 km
Round cairn 80m east of Hagg Gill
7.1 km
Round cairn 75m east of Hagg Gill
7.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Round cairn on High Raise

Round cairn on High Raise stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Ordovician, bedrock that formed in the Ordovician. The rock here is felsic tuff.

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