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Black Hill round cairn is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Yorkshire. The cairn survives as a substantial earthen mound constructed during the second millennium before the present, representing a common form of elite or communal burial practice in prehistoric Britain. Its physical form as a round cairn indicates it was built by heaping stone and soil to cover one or more interred individuals, a mortuary practice characteristic of Bronze Age communities across northern England. The monument's survival and official designation as a protected heritage asset reflects its archaeological significance as evidence of prehistoric settlement patterns and funerary traditions in the region.
Black Hill round cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010550. View the official record →
Black Hill round cairn is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010550.
Black Hill round cairn 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 1010550.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Long barrow and superimposed round cairn on Black Hill (0.1 km), Kildwick Bridge (1.8 km), Carved rock on bank at side of track opposite Garth House, 60m south west of Snaygill Farm (2.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Black Hill round cairn'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.
Black Hill round cairn stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.