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Round cairn west of enclosure on Four Stones Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Westmorland, comprising a circular stone cairn of modest proportions. The site lies in close association with other prehistoric features on Four Stones Hill, including the nearby enclosure from which its designation derives its spatial reference. As a round cairn, it represents a typical burial practice of the Bronze Age period, when such stone-built mounds served as receptacles for cremated or inhumed human remains and functioned as territorial markers across the upland landscape of northern England. The monument's preservation within the designated archaeological site reflects the concentration of prehistoric activity on this locality.
Round cairn west of enclosure on Four Stones Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011162. View the official record →
Round cairn west of enclosure on Four Stones Hill is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Westmorland, comprising a circular stone cairn of modest proportions. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011162.
Round cairn west of enclosure on Four Stones 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 1011162.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Enclosure containing four clearance cairns and a stone bank west of Four Stones Hill (0.1 km), Romano-British farmstead 800m north-east of High House (0.8 km), Romano-British farmstead at Haweswater (1.1 km).
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