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Latitude: 54.5901 / 54°35'24"N
Longitude: -2.782 / 2°46'55"W
OS Eastings: 349566.273934
OS Northings: 521935.434112
OS Grid: NY495219
Mapcode National: GBR 9H0C.HC
Mapcode Global: WH81J.7WHK
Entry Name: Round cairn on Askham Fell, 335m north of the Cop Stone
Scheduled Date: 30 November 1925
Last Amended: 25 July 1995
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1007360
English Heritage Legacy ID: 22531
County: Cumbria
Civil Parish: Askham
Traditional County: Westmorland
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cumbria
Church of England Parish: Askham with Lowther
Church of England Diocese: Carlisle
The monument is a round cairn located on the top of a natural ridge on Askham
Fell. It includes a pear-shaped mound of largely turf-covered stones up to
0.5m high with maximum dimensions of 7.7m by 5.5m. There is a small
irregularly-shaped central hollow up to 0.3m deep on the cairn's summit
containing an earthfast stone up to 1m long.
MAP EXTRACT
The site of the monument is shown on the attached map extract.
It includes a 2 metre boundary around the archaeological features,
considered to be essential for the monument's support and preservation.
Source: Historic England
Round cairns are prehistoric funerary monuments dating to the Bronze Age
(c.2000-700 BC). They were constructed as stone mounds covering single or
multiple burials. These burials may be placed within the mound in stone-lined
compartments called cists. In some cases the cairn was surrounded by a ditch.
Often occupying prominent locations, cairns are a major visual element in the
modern landscape. They are a relatively common feature of the uplands and are
the stone equivalent of the earthen round barrows of the lowlands. Their
considerable variation in form and longevity as a monument type provide
important information on the diversity of beliefs and social organisation
amongst early prehistoric communities. They are particularly representative of
their period and a substantial proportion of surviving examples are considered
worthy of protection.
Despite some minor surface disturbance to the monument's centre, this round
cairn on Askham Fell survives reasonably well. It lies within an area of open
fell rich in prehistoric monuments and will contain undisturbed archaeological
deposits within the mound and upon the old landsurface beneath.
Source: Historic England
Books and journals
Quartermaine, J, Askham Fell Survey Catalogue, (1992), 33
Other
Darvill,T., MPP Single Monument Class Description - Bowl Barrows, (1988)
SMR No. 2951, Cumbria SMR, Moor Divock, (1985)
SMR No. 2954, Cumbria SMR, Moor Divock, (1985)
Source: Historic England
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