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Cairn 340m north of Scar Top Garage is a Bronze Age burial monument situated in Yorkshire, England. The site consists of a cairn, a mound constructed from heaped stones, which represents a form of funerary architecture characteristic of the Bronze Age period in northern Britain. Such cairns typically served as burial monuments for individuals of elevated social status within their communities. The monument's survival into the modern period provides archaeological evidence of Bronze Age settlement patterns and mortuary practices in the Yorkshire uplands.
Cairn 340m north of Scar Top Garage is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014339. View the official record →
Cairn 340m north of Scar Top Garage is a Bronze Age burial monument situated in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014339.
Cairn 340m north of Scar Top Garage 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 1014339.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Kinsey Cave, Giggleswick Scar (0.8 km), Ring cairn north west of Reinsber Scar (0.9 km), Cairn 60m north east of Dead Man's Cave (1.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cairn 340m north of Scar Top Garage'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.
Cairn 340m north of Scar Top Garage stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.