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Burnt mound, cairnfield and bloomery at Eel Beck is an ancient monument complex located on Holwick Fell in Yorkshire, comprising evidence of Iron Age or Bronze Age settlement and metalworking activity. The site consists of a burnt mound, which represents the accumulated debris from heating stones for cooking or industrial processes, associated with a cairnfield of burial or clearance cairns and the remains of a bloomery, a rudimentary furnace used for iron smelting. The bloomery indicates that iron extraction or working occurred at this location, representing important evidence of prehistoric or early Iron Age metallurgical practice in the upland regions of northern England. These three elements together demonstrate the multifunctional nature of upland settlement in northern Britain during the prehistoric period.
Burnt mound, cairnfield and bloomery at Eel Beck, 480m south of Blackmea Crag, Holwick Fell is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017122. View the official record →
Burnt mound, cairnfield and bloomery at Eel Beck is an ancient monument complex located on Holwick Fell in Yorkshire, comprising evidence of Iron Age or Bronze Age settlement and metalworking activity. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017122.
Burnt mound, cairnfield and bloomery at Eel Beck, 480m south of Blackmea Crag, Holwick Fell 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 1017122.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two Romano-British hut circles and three shielings on Holwick Scars 250m south of Hungry Hall (1.6 km), Medieval iron industry and settlement and Bronze Age burial cairns extending from 260m north west of Eel Beck to 140m south east of Wash Beck (1.8 km), Group of eight shielings and a track on Crossthwaite Scars 675m north west of Park End (2.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Burnt mound, cairnfield and bloomery at Eel Beck, 480m south of Blackmea Crag, Holwick Fell's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Burnt mound, cairnfield and bloomery at Eel Beck, 480m south of Blackmea Crag, Holwick Fell stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.