Round cairn north of Four Stones Hill
Overview
Heritage Category: Scheduled Monument
List Entry Number: 1007412
Date first listed: 13-Nov-1963
Date of most recent amendment: 19-Oct-1993
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Location
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County: Cumbria
District: Eden (District Authority)
Parish: Bampton
National Park: LAKE DISTRICT
National Grid Reference: NY 49146 16344
Summary
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Reasons for Designation
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 surface disturbance to the monument's centre caused by
construction of a low wall, the round cairn north of Four Stones Hill survives
reasonably well. It will retain undisturbed archaeological deposits within the
cairn and upon the old landsurface.
History
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Details
The monument is a round cairn located on a narrow shelf north of the summit of
Four Stones Hill. It includes an oval mound of stones up to 0.8m high with
maximum dimensions of 12m by 10m. The monument has been disturbed in the
centre and some stones arranged to form a low circular wall on the cairn's
summit.
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.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
Legacy System number: 22515
Legacy System: RSM
Sources
Other
Darvill, T, MPP Single Monument Class Descriptions - Bowl Barrows (1988), (1988)
Legal
This monument is scheduled under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 as amended as it appears to the Secretary of State to be of national importance. This entry is a copy, the original is held by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.
End of official listing