Round cairn 80m east of Hagg Gill
List Entry Summary
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 Culture, Media and Sport.
Name: Round cairn 80m east of Hagg Gill
List entry Number: 1011356
Location
The monument may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County: Cumbria
District: South Lakeland
District Type: District Authority
Parish: Lakes
National Park: LAKE DISTRICT
Grade: Not applicable to this List entry.
Date first scheduled: 04-Nov-1993
Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.
Legacy System Information
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Legacy System: RSM
UID: 22559
Asset Groupings
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List entry Description
Summary of Monument
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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.
The round cairn 80m east of Hagg Gill survives reasonably well and is a rare
survival in Cumbria of an unexcavated example of this class of monument. It
will contain undisturbed archaeological deposits within the mound and upon the
old landsurface beneath. The use of a large boulder to form part of the cairn
is an unusual feature of this class of monument.
History
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Details
The monument is a round cairn located 80m east of Hagg Gill on a hillslope
just above the valley floor. It includes a mound of stones up to 0.8m high
with maximum dimension of 6.5m by 5.5m which abuts and incorporates a large
granite boulder on the cairn's northern and eastern sides.
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.
Selected Sources
Other
Darvill,T., MPP Single Monument Class Description - Bowl Barrows, (1988)
National Grid Reference: NY 42731 06646
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