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Cairn cemetery NE of Birk Nab Farm

England
List entry 1004088
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1004088
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.47 hectares
Grid reference
SE 62300 91323
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Cairn cemetery NE of Birk Nab Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Yorkshire, England. The site comprises a group of burial cairns typical of funerary practice during the Bronze Age, when communal or successive inhumations were marked by stone-built mounds across the upland regions of northern England. Such cairn cemeteries represent important evidence for settlement patterns, land use, and mortuary customs of prehistoric communities. The monument's preservation and designation reflect its archaeological significance as a record of Bronze Age ritual and social organisation in the Yorkshire landscape.

Cairn cemetery NE of Birk Nab Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004088. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Cairn cemetery NE of Birk Nab Farm?

Cairn cemetery NE of Birk Nab Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004088.

Who is responsible for protecting Cairn cemetery NE of Birk Nab Farm?

Cairn cemetery NE of Birk Nab Farm 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 1004088.

What other scheduled monuments are near Cairn cemetery NE of Birk Nab Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Three round barrows 800m ENE of Helmsley Bridge (7.6 km), Helmsley Castle: twelfth century ringwork, twelfth to fourteenth century enclosure castle and sixteenth century mansion (7.7 km), Helmsley Bridge (7.8 km).

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Monuments
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Battlefields
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Roman Britain
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Domesday
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Civil War
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Three round barrows 800m ENE of Helmsley Bridge
7.6 km
Helmsley Castle: twelfth century ringwork, twelfth to fourteenth century enclosure castle and sixteenth century mansion
7.7 km
Helmsley Bridge
7.8 km
Round barrow 420m north of Rye House Farm
8.8 km
Round barrow 300m north of Rye House Farm
8.9 km
Dyke at the north eastern end of Stone Bridge Howl, 760m north west of Court House Farm
9.5 km
Round barrow 810m NNE of Waterloo Farm, the northernmost of three round barrows in Far Moor Plantation
10.1 km
Round barrow 780m NNE of Waterloo Farm, the easternmost of three round barrows in Far Moor Plantation
10.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Cairn cemetery NE of Birk Nab Farm

Cairn cemetery NE of Birk Nab Farm stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Cairn cemetery NE of Birk Nab Farm

AldboroughRoman town · ~20.5 milesStar CarrArchaeological site · ~23.2 milesYorkRoman town · ~24.6 milesBattle of Myton 1319Battle (1319) · ~19.1 milesBattle of Boroughbridge (1322)Battle (1322) · ~20.5 milesBattle of Stamford Bridge 1066Battle (1066) · ~23.3 miles
Domesday entry for Pockley, Yorkshire →
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