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Brown Hill round cairn is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Yorkshire, England. The site comprises a round cairn, a form of burial mound constructed from stone rather than earth, which dates to the Bronze Age period when such monuments were commonly erected across northern Britain. As a scheduled ancient monument with official listing reference 1003145, it represents an important survival of prehistoric mortuary practice and landscape use. The cairn contributes to the archaeological record of Bronze Age settlement and ceremonial activity in Yorkshire.
Brown Hill round cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003145. View the official record →
Brown Hill round cairn is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003145.
Brown 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 1003145.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 780m east of Broad Head Farm (9.7 km), Round barrow 740m east of Broad Head Farm (9.7 km), Two round barrows in Dalby Forest, 70m north of Broad Head Farm (9.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Brown 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.
Brown Hill round cairn stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.