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Cairn on Holgate How is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Yorkshire, England. The site comprises a stone cairn, a characteristic funerary structure of the Bronze Age period, and forms part of the broader landscape of prehistoric burial traditions in northern England. Such cairns typically served as burial mounds for elite or important community members and often contained cremated remains or inhumations accompanied by grave goods. The monument's survival as an upstanding feature on Holgate How demonstrates the persistence of Bronze Age funerary architecture in the Yorkshire landscape.
Cairn on Holgate How is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014347. View the official record →
Cairn on Holgate How is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014347.
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.
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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