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Bleara Lowe round cairn is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Yorkshire, England. The site comprises a round cairn, a characteristic funerary structure of the Bronze Age period that would have contained one or more burials, possibly accompanied by grave goods. The monument's survival into the modern period reflects its archaeological value as evidence of prehistoric settlement and ritual practice in the Yorkshire landscape. As a scheduled ancient monument, it remains an important record of Bronze Age mortuary customs and territorial use in northern England.
Bleara Lowe round cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008914. View the official record →
Bleara Lowe round cairn is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008914.
Bleara Lowe 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 1008914.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round cairn 230m west of Bleara Lowe (0.2 km), Ring cairn on Rectory Allotment (2.3 km), Burwen Castle Roman forts (4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bleara Lowe 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.
Bleara Lowe round cairn stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.