What is recorded here
The National Heritage List for England records Cairnfield south of Straighthead Gill, Burnmoor as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Cairnfield south of Straighthead Gill, Burnmoor is a Neolithic cairnfield, dating to approximately 4000–2500 BCE. Such cairnfields are significant as they represent early funerary and ritual landscapes, reflecting communal burial practices and social organisation in prehistoric Britain.
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Places near here
Maiden Castle CairnArchaeological place · 519 yd
Maiden Castle round cairn, BurnmoorScheduled monument · 521 yd
Small waterfall descending into WasdaleWaterfall · 598 yd
Fence WoodWood · 1043 yd
Waterfall, Hollow GillWaterfall · 1074 yd
Illgill Head (summit)Mountain / peak · 1445 yd
Illgill HeadMountain / peak · 1.0 mi
Over BeckVisitor information · 1.1 mi
Black CragCliff · 1.5 mi
Scafell CragCliff · 1.7 mi
Stone CircleAncient stone or rock art · 1.8 mi
Monument at Wasdale Head Village GreenMonument or public art · 1.9 mi