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Round cairn on Howenook Pike is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Westmorland, in the English Lake District. The cairn is constructed from stone and represents a typical form of funerary monument dating to the Bronze Age period, when such mounded structures were built across upland regions of northern England. The site's position on elevated terrain reflects the common placement of these monuments in landscape locations of prominence. As a designated heritage asset, the cairn forms part of the archaeological record documenting Bronze Age burial practices and settlement patterns in the north-western uplands.
Round cairn on Howenook Pike is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015971. View the official record →
Round cairn on Howenook Pike is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Westmorland, in the English Lake District. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015971.
Round cairn on Howenook Pike 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 1015971.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round cairn 35m east of summit of Long Scar Pike (1.4 km), Ring cairn north-west of Cattle Howe (1.5 km), Round cairn 460m NNE of Broadfell (2.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round cairn on Howenook Pike's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Round cairn on Howenook Pike stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.