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Cairn on Hawksworth Moor is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Yorkshire, England. The cairn represents the largest of a group of burial cairns situated on the moor, indicating a Bronze Age ritual landscape used for the interment of the dead. Such cairn groups are characteristic of Bronze Age funerary practices in upland areas of northern England, where stone monuments were constructed over burials or cremations. The monument survives as a substantial earthwork and remains an important archaeological indicator of Bronze Age settlement and burial customs in the Yorkshire uplands.
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 funerary monument located in Yorkshire, England. 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).
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