Details

The monument includes a small well preserved cairn situated above Cam High
Road on the eastern edge of a limestone terrace and 50m north west of a Roman
road. It overlooks the head of Langstrothdale to the east and Ribblesdale to
the south. The cairn has a diameter of 8.5m and a height of 1.5m with a
slightly flattened top. The cairn is largely undisturbed, except for a small
area of quarrying on the south east side. Stone from here has been removed to
build a modern cairn in the form of a loose pile of stones on its 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.

Source: Historic England

Reasons for Scheduling

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.

Although the cairn has been slightly disturbed, most of it survives intact
and in a prominent location close to a Roman road. It will therefore retain
further archaeological deposits.

Source: Historic England

Sources

Other
Laurie, T,

Source: Historic England