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 it's exposed position and erosion has probably lead to it's height being
reduced to just over a metre with it's diameter measuring between 18 metres and
23 metres.
Glossary Item: Bronze Age
Glossary Item: Bronze Age