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Round cairn on Winter Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on Winter Hill in Lancashire. The cairn consists of a mound of stones constructed during the Bronze Age period, representing a burial tradition common across upland regions of northern England during this era. Such monuments typically functioned as communal or individual burial sites and remain important archaeological indicators of Bronze Age settlement patterns and ritual practices in the Pennine landscape. The site is registered on the National Heritage List for England as a scheduled monument, reflecting its significance to the archaeological record of prehistoric Lancashire.
Round cairn on Winter Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008906. View the official record →
Round cairn on Winter Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on Winter Hill in Lancashire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008906.
Round cairn on Winter 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 1008906.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round cairn on Noon Hill (0.9 km), Round cairn 280m west of Old Harpers Farm (2.7 km), Pike Stones chambered long cairn (3.6 km).
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