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Round cairn on Summerhouse Hill is a prehistoric burial monument located in Lancashire, England. The cairn dates to the Bronze Age and represents a form of funerary architecture common to upland regions of northern Britain during this period. The monument consists of a mound of stone, characteristic of cairn construction, which would have served as a burial chamber or marker for the deceased and their grave goods. Such monuments are significant for understanding Bronze Age burial practices and the organisation of prehistoric communities in the Pennine landscape.
Round cairn on Summerhouse Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009119. View the official record →
Round cairn on Summerhouse Hill is a prehistoric burial monument located in Lancashire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009119.
Round cairn on Summerhouse Hill 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 1009119.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Stone circle on Summerhouse Hill (0 km), Warton Crag small multivallate hillfort (1.7 km), Warton Old Rectory (2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round cairn on Summerhouse Hill'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 Summerhouse Hill stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.