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Allan Tofts cairnfield is a Bronze Age monument complex located in Yorkshire comprising a field system interspersed with burial cairns and associated prehistoric rock art. The site consists of multiple cairns distributed across the landscape in patterns characteristic of Bronze Age funerary and land management practices, with rock art elements that reflect the symbolic and territorial significance the location held for prehistoric communities. The cairnfield demonstrates the organised use of upland terrain during the Bronze Age period, with the integration of burial monuments and rock carvings suggesting this was an important ritual and agricultural landscape. The site's archaeological value lies in its preservation of multiple monument types in spatial relationship, providing evidence for Bronze Age settlement patterns and ceremonial practices in the Yorkshire region.
Allan Tofts cairnfield, field system, burial cairns and prehistoric rock art, immediately south of Morton Close is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021301. View the official record →
Allan Tofts cairnfield is a Bronze Age monument complex located in Yorkshire comprising a field system interspersed with burial cairns and associated prehistoric rock art. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021301.
Allan Tofts cairnfield, field system, burial cairns and prehistoric rock art, immediately south of Morton Close is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1021301.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairnfield and field systems on Saltergate Moor, immediately north of Nab Farm (7.9 km), Head Road round cairn (8.7 km), Malo Cross, 450m south east of Nab Farm (8.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Allan Tofts cairnfield, field system, burial cairns and prehistoric rock art, immediately south of Morton Close's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Allan Tofts cairnfield, field system, burial cairns and prehistoric rock art, immediately south of Morton Close stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.