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Cairnfield and field systems on Saltergate Moor, immediately north of Nab Farm

England
List entry 1021237
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1021237
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
49.53 hectares
Grid reference
SE 86307 95606
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Cairnfield and field systems on Saltergate Moor immediately north of Nab Farm is a Bronze Age monument complex located in Yorkshire. The site comprises cairns and associated field boundaries that represent evidence of prehistoric land use and settlement activity on the upland moor. The field systems demonstrate organised pastoral exploitation of the landscape during the Bronze Age period, with the cairns likely serving ritual, burial, or territorial functions. These remains illustrate the extent of human activity and land management practised on the Yorkshire moorlands in antiquity.

Cairnfield and field systems on Saltergate Moor, immediately north of Nab Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021237. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Cairnfield and field systems on Saltergate Moor, immediately north of Nab Farm?

Cairnfield and field systems on Saltergate Moor immediately north of Nab Farm is a Bronze Age monument complex located in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021237.

Who is responsible for protecting Cairnfield and field systems on Saltergate Moor, immediately north of Nab Farm?

Cairnfield and field systems on Saltergate Moor, immediately north of Nab Farm 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 1021237.

What other scheduled monuments are near Cairnfield and field systems on Saltergate Moor, immediately north of Nab Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Warrening enclosure on Flainsey Rigg, 1.45km east of Upper Dalby Wood (8.7 km), Rabbit type on Flainsey Rigg, 1.3km east of Dalby Meadow (9.2 km), Round barrow on Givendale Rigg, 1.6km south west of Givendale Head Farm (9.5 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
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

Warrening enclosure on Flainsey Rigg, 1.45km east of Upper Dalby Wood
8.7 km
Rabbit type on Flainsey Rigg, 1.3km east of Dalby Meadow
9.2 km
Round barrow on Givendale Rigg, 1.6km south west of Givendale Head Farm
9.5 km
Round barrow on Givendale Rigg, 1.5km south west of Givendale Head Farm
9.6 km
Long barrow 630m north west of Scamridge Farm
10 km
Round cairn on Pexton Moor, 150m north east of Pexton Moor Farm
10.1 km
Square barrow 480m north east of Cockmoor Hall
10.2 km
Two round barrows 400m south west of West Farm
10.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Cairnfield and field systems on Saltergate Moor, immediately north of Nab Farm

Cairnfield and field systems on Saltergate Moor, immediately north of Nab Farm stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Cairnfield and field systems on Saltergate Moor, immediately north of Nab Farm

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