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The round cairn on Parlick Pike is a Bronze Age burial mound located on high moorland in the Forest of Bowland, Lancashire. The monument comprises a substantial stone cairn constructed as a funerary structure, typical of burial practices during the Bronze Age period when such cairns served as markers for elite or community burials. Positioned prominently on the hilltop, the cairn would have been visible across the surrounding landscape, emphasising the status of those interred within. The site forms part of a broader landscape of prehistoric ritual and burial monuments characteristic of upland Lancashire during the second millennium before Christ.
Round cairn on Parlick Pike is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011679. View the official record →
The round cairn on Parlick Pike is a Bronze Age burial mound located on high moorland in the Forest of Bowland, Lancashire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011679.
Round cairn on Parlick 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 1011679.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bleasdale Circle enclosed Bronze Age urnfield (2.1 km), Brooks Farm packhorse bridge (3.1 km), Round cairn on Thornley Hall Fell, 430m east of Meg Hall (6.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round cairn on Parlick 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 Parlick Pike stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.