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Cairn on Hawksworth Moor is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Yorkshire, England, and represents the largest in a group of cairns distributed across the moorland landscape. The structure is characteristic of barrow construction from the second millennium BC, when such mounded earthworks served as funerary monuments for individuals of social standing within Bronze Age communities. Its prominence within the cairn group suggests particular importance, possibly indicating the burial of a person of elevated rank or status. The monument survives as a valuable archaeological record of upland burial practice in prehistoric Yorkshire and contributes to understanding settlement patterns and social hierarchy during the Bronze Age period.
Cairn on Hawksworth Moor; largest one of a group of cairns is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010352. View the official record →
Cairn on Hawksworth Moor is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Yorkshire, England, and represents the largest in a group of cairns distributed across the moorland landscape. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010352.
Cairn on Hawksworth Moor; largest one of a group of cairns 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 1010352.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Enclosed settlement known as `Soldier's Trench' including a cup-marked rock (5 km), Cup-marked rock close to road south east of a small car park south east of Bracken Hall Farm. (5.1 km), Carved bedrock close to road north east of the public toilets on Bracken Hall Green (5.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cairn on Hawksworth Moor; largest one of a group of cairns's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Cairn on Hawksworth Moor; largest one of a group of cairns stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.