Details

The monument includes a cairn, 7m in diameter, and c.1m high. It is situated
on Weston Moor, just north of the track leading eastwards from the rectangular
plantation, c.61m from the south east corner of the plantation. Its National
Grid Reference is SE 18570 49406. The cairn has a line of recently placed
stones across the top.

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

Reasons for Scheduling

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.

Although disturbed, this cairn still retains evidence of its form and location
and may contain a burial.

Source: Historic England