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Round cairn on White Raise

England
List entry 1007610
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007610
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.04 hectares
Grid reference
NY 53468 13440
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Round cairn on White Raise is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Westmorland, consisting of a circular heap of stones constructed as a burial mound. The cairn represents a typical form of mortuary practice during the Bronze Age period, when such stone structures were raised over cremated or inhumed remains as permanent markers in the landscape. Its location on White Raise reflects the Bronze Age preference for positioning burial monuments on elevated terrain, which would have made them visually prominent landmarks within the contemporary settlement pattern. As a scheduled ancient monument, the cairn preserves evidence of Bronze Age funerary customs and territorial organisation in the Lake District uplands.

Round cairn on White Raise is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007610. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Round cairn on White Raise?

Round cairn on White Raise is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Westmorland, consisting of a circular heap of stones constructed as a burial mound. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007610.

Who is responsible for protecting Round cairn on White Raise?

Round cairn on White 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 1007610.

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

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round cairn west of White Raise (0 km), Medieval dyke system and shieling west of Shap Abbey (1.9 km), Keld Chapel (2.2 km).

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Overview
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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.
Historical Maps
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Round cairn west of White Raise
0 km
Medieval dyke system and shieling west of Shap Abbey
1.9 km
Keld Chapel
2.2 km
Shap Premonstratensian Abbey, including the precinct wall, abbey mill and mill race, and two fishponds
2.2 km
Buck Park deerpound
2.9 km
Skellaw Hill bowl barrow
3 km
Shap Stone Alignment
3.3 km
Shap large regular stone circle
3.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Round cairn on White Raise

Round cairn on White Raise stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Ordovician, bedrock that formed in the Ordovician. The rock here is mafic lava.

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