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Cairn west of Craven Hall Hill is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Yorkshire, England. The site consists of a cairn, a mound constructed from stone rather than earth, which represents a funerary structure typical of the Bronze Age period. Such cairns served as prominent landscape features marking the burial places of individuals of significance within their communities. The monument's survival to the present day provides archaeological evidence of Bronze Age mortuary practices and settlement patterns in the Yorkshire uplands.
Cairn west of Craven Hall Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010355. View the official record →
Cairn west of Craven Hall Hill is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010355.
Cairn west of Craven Hall Hill 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 1010355.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cup-marked rock close to road south east of a small car park south east of Bracken Hall Farm. (5.3 km), Carved bedrock close to road north east of the public toilets on Bracken Hall Green (5.3 km), Cup-marked rock between road and public toilets at Bracken Hall Green (5.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cairn west of Craven Hall Hill's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Cairn west of Craven Hall Hill stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.