What is recorded here
The National Heritage List for England records Hodbarrow Beacon 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.
Hodbarrow Beacon is a Bronze Age cairn, likely dating to between 2000 and 800 BCE. It is significant as a surviving prehistoric burial monument in a landscape with limited surviving ancient remains.
The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.
Places near here
Hodbarrow LighthouseLighthouse · 4 yd
A small cave at Hodbarrow PointCave or cavern · 406 yd
Iron-Mining Sculpture, MillomPublic sculpture · 1.1 mi
Church of St GeorgeListed building · 1.2 mi
Statue of the Hodbarrow Miner, Market Square, MillomMonument or public art · 1.2 mi
Wrecked boat, Askam-in-FurnessShipwreck · 1.8 mi
Stone circle and funerary cairn 440m south west of Great Knott, LacraScheduled monument · 2.5 miStone Circle, LacraAncient stone or rock art · 2.5 mi
Millom ParkForest · 2.8 mi
Millom Rock ParkViewpoint · 3.0 mi
Wreck of the "Anastasi"...Shipwreck · 3.1 mi
High HaumeMountain / peak · 3.2 miOther information
Photo: Oliver Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0