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Cairn on Holgate How

England
List entry 1014347
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1014347
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.03 hectares
Grid reference
NZ 06754 04737
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Cairn on Holgate How is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Yorkshire. The monument survives as a cairn, constructed from stone rather than earth, which represents a distinctive regional burial practice of the Bronze Age period. Its inclusion in the National Heritage List for England under entry 1014347 reflects its archaeological significance as evidence of prehistoric funerary practices and settlement patterns in the Yorkshire uplands. The site contributes to understanding Bronze Age communities and their ritual practices in northern England.

Cairn on Holgate How is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014347. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Cairn on Holgate How?

Cairn on Holgate How is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014347.

Who is responsible for protecting Cairn on Holgate How?

Cairn on Holgate How 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 1014347.

What other scheduled monuments are near Cairn on Holgate How?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Marrick Priory: a Benedictine nunnery and later parish church with fishponds, mill mound, ironworks, longhouse, trackways and an Iron-Age house platform (7 km), Ellerton Priory: a Cistercian nunnery including fishponds, water management system, mill, field systems and Ellerton medieval settlement (7.5 km), Ring cairn at Cogden Gill, south east of Grinton Lodge (7.5 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Marrick Priory: a Benedictine nunnery and later parish church with fishponds, mill mound, ironworks, longhouse, trackways and an Iron-Age house platform
7 km
Ellerton Priory: a Cistercian nunnery including fishponds, water management system, mill, field systems and Ellerton medieval settlement
7.5 km
Ring cairn at Cogden Gill, south east of Grinton Lodge
7.5 km
Ring cairn at Cogden Gill, 200m south of Grinton Lodge
7.6 km
Embanked small stone circle at Harker Mires on Harkerside Moor
7.8 km
Linear earthwork at Harker Mires
7.8 km
How Hill large univallate hillfort
7.9 km
Linear earthwork at High Harker Hill
8.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Cairn on Holgate How

Cairn on Holgate How stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.

The wider landscape

Around Cairn on Holgate How

CatterickRoman town · ~10.3 miles
Domesday entry for Fremington, Yorkshire →
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