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Round cairn on Howenook Pike

A Scheduled Monument in Orton, Cumbria

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.4828 / 54°28'58"N

Longitude: -2.6134 / 2°36'48"W

OS Eastings: 360357.095065

OS Northings: 509893.017973

OS Grid: NY603098

Mapcode National: GBR BJ6L.0T

Mapcode Global: WH939.TLQ7

Entry Name: Round cairn on Howenook Pike

Scheduled Date: 2 March 1993

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1015971

English Heritage Legacy ID: 22455

County: Cumbria

Civil Parish: Orton

Traditional County: Westmorland

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cumbria

Church of England Parish: Crosby Ravensworth St Lawrence

Church of England Diocese: Carlisle

Details

The monument is a round cairn located on the summit of Howenook Pike. It
includes a circular mound of small pieces of limestone rubble 16m in diameter
and up to 1.3m high. The monument is not known to have been excavated,
however, the surface of the cairn has been partly rearranged by walkers to
form a small modern cairn in the middle of the monument.

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.

Despite minor disturbance to the mound caused by construction of the modern
cairn, the round cairn on Howenook Pike survives well. It will retain
undisturbed archaeological deposits within the mound and upon the old
landsurface.

Source: Historic England

Sources

Other
Darvill,T., MPP Single Monument Class Description - Bowl Barrows, (1988)

Source: Historic England

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