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Two ring cairns on Gawthwaite Moor is a Bronze Age monument located in Lancashire. The site consists of two circular cairns formed by rings of stones, characteristic of funerary or ceremonial structures dating to the Bronze Age period. Ring cairns of this type typically functioned as burial monuments or ritual sites and represent important evidence of prehistoric settlement and land use patterns in the upland regions of northern England. The monument's survival on the moorland landscape provides archaeological testimony to Bronze Age communities and their use of these elevated areas.
Two ring cairns on Gawthwaite Moor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007220. View the official record →
Two ring cairns on Gawthwaite Moor is a Bronze Age monument located in Lancashire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007220.
Two ring cairns on Gawthwaite Moor 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 1007220.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Knapperthaw stone circle (2.1 km), Prehistoric hut circle settlements, enclosure, cairnfields, funerary cairns, a dispersed medieval settlement, field system and kilns on Heathwaite Fell (2.5 km), Cairn and ring mound on Long Moor, W of Gill House Beck (2.8 km).
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