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Town Bank is a Bronze Age archaeological landscape in Cumberland, England, comprising a complex of prehistoric settlements and associated monuments. The site includes stone hut circles representing domestic occupation, field systems indicating organised land use, and multiple funerary monuments including cairns and a ring cairn that reflect ceremonial practices of the period. The cairnfield and dispersed cairn monuments suggest sustained Bronze Age activity across the landscape, with the hut circles providing evidence of settlement patterns contemporary with the funerary and agricultural features. The integration of residential, agricultural, and ritual elements at Town Bank exemplifies the multi-functional use of upland areas during the Bronze Age.
Town Bank prehistoric stone hut circle settlements, field systems, funerary cairns, ring cairn and cairnfield is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018502. View the official record →
Town Bank is a Bronze Age archaeological landscape in Cumberland, England, comprising a complex of prehistoric settlements and associated monuments. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018502.
Town Bank prehistoric stone hut circle settlements, field systems, funerary cairns, ring cairn and cairnfield 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 1018502.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Monks Graves prehistoric cairn cemetery, cairnfields, field system, funerary cairns and a ring cairn on Stockdale Moor (1 km), Ring cairn on Stockdale Moor 825m west of Pearson's Fold, north of Cawfell Beck (1.6 km), Tongue How prehistoric stone hut circle settlements, field systems, funerary cairns, cemetery and cairnfield, Romano-British farmstead, shieling and lynchets (1.8 km).
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