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 230m east of Manor Farm
List Entry Number: 1008913
Location
The monument may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County: Lancashire
District: Lancaster
District Type: District Authority
Parish: Borwick
National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: Not applicable to this List entry.
Date first scheduled: 16-Sep-1994
Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.
Legacy System Information
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
Legacy System: RSM
UID: 23716
Asset Groupings
This List entry does not comprise part of an Asset Grouping. Asset Groupings are not part of the official record but are added later for information.
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.
Despite some surface disturbance to the monument, the round cairn 230m east of
Manor Farm survives reasonably well. It is not known to have been excavated
and will therefore contain undisturbed archaeological deposits within the
mound and upon the old landsurface beneath.
History
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Details
The monument includes a round cairn located on flat land 230m east of Manor
Farm. It includes an oval shaped mound of turf covered stones up to 0.7m high
with maximum dimensions of 31m north-south by 19.5m east-west.
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
Books and journalsTurner, R C, Manor Farm, (1979)
OtherDarvill, T, MPP Single Monument Class Descriptions - Bowl Barrows, (1989)
SMR No. 2691, Lancs SMR, Manor Farm Borwick, (1993)
SMR No. 2696, Lancs SMR, Manor Farm, (1993)
Map
National Grid Reference: SD 52380 72851
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