The cairn
of Raise Howe stands on a northeast-southwest spine of land that runs
between the valleys of Lyvennet Beck to the west and Scale Beck to the
east. This spine is now the route of the B6260 but may well have formed
a prehistoric trackway down towards the flat valley bottom formed by the
confluence of Birk Beck and the River Lune. What remains of the earth
and limestone rubble cairn is now covered with soil and grass but it is
interesting that there is a modern but disused limestone quarry just a
few metres away - the cairn is lucky to have survived the quarrying although
its exposed position and erosion has probably lead to its height being
reduced to just over a metre with its diameter measuring between 18 metres
and 23 metres.
Glossary Item: Bronze Age
Glossary Item: Bronze Age
