The most common monuments however are small stone cairns - the remains of Bronze Age burial mounds or simply the result of prehistoric field clearance. These vary in size with most being around 2-3 metres in diameter and with small stones set low in long grass they are often difficult to recognise as not being natural mounds unless they have been left exposed by excavation or more likely raided in the past by antiquarian treasure hunters or robbed for building material. Two of these cairns are shown at the bottom of the page, the first is at NY49122220 and is about 2-3 metres in diameter with a large stone set along one edge, the second at NY483219 measures 2 metres across and half a metre deep and forms part of a group known as Three Pow Raise.
The moor is easily accessible with a road leading up from Askham and Helton where there is a wide verge near The Cop Stone, from here a track leads northwest past several cairns as the view steadily opens out with Heughscar Hill on the right and the looming hills of Barton Fell on the left with fine views across Ullswater to Helvellyn and the Derwent Fells to the northwest.
Remains of a Ring Cairn at NY49302219.
Cairn at NY49122220.
Low cairn at NY483219.
