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Cairnfield in Honley Old Wood is a Bronze Age ceremonial or burial monument located in the Pennine uplands of West Yorkshire. The site comprises a grouping of cairns, earth and stone mounds that characterise Bronze Age funerary practice in northern England and represent evidence of Early to Middle Bronze Age settlement and ritual activity in the region. The monument lies within an area of moorland woodland that would have been more open heathland during the Bronze Age, when such elevated locations were favoured for burial cairn construction. The site's survival, despite later land use including forestry, provides valuable archaeological evidence of Bronze Age community practices and landscape use in the South Pennines.
Cairnfield in Honley Old Wood, 280m north west of The Woodlands is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018556. View the official record →
Cairnfield in Honley Old Wood is a Bronze Age ceremonial or burial monument located in the Pennine uplands of West Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018556.
Cairnfield in Honley Old Wood, 280m north west of The Woodlands 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 1018556.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Crosland Lower Hall moated site (0.6 km), Cairnfield in Slate Pits Wood, 170m north west of Oak Cottage (1.3 km), Cairnfield in Hagg Wood, Honley, 375m south east of Upper Hagg (2.9 km).
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