Scheduled MonumentsEnglandCairnfield on Broomhead Moor, 500m north west of Mortimer House

Cairnfield on Broomhead Moor, 500m north west of Mortimer House

England
List entry 1018039
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1018039
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.2 hectares
Grid reference
SK 24274 94631
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Cairnfield on Broomhead Moor is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in the upland landscape of the South Yorkshire moors, approximately 500 metres north-west of Mortimer House. The site comprises a concentration of burial cairns, characteristic of the extensive cairn fields that are distributed across the Pennine moorlands and represent a significant phase of Bronze Age settlement and ritual activity in the region. These monuments, constructed from stone gathered from the surrounding moorland, reflect the funerary practices and territorial organisation of Bronze Age communities occupying the high moors. The cairnfield contributes to our understanding of prehistoric land use patterns and social practices across the Yorkshire uplands during the second millennium before the present era.

Cairnfield on Broomhead Moor, 500m north west of Mortimer House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018039. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Cairnfield on Broomhead Moor, 500m north west of Mortimer House?

Cairnfield on Broomhead Moor is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in the upland landscape of the South Yorkshire moors, approximately 500 metres north-west of Mortimer House. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018039.

Who is responsible for protecting Cairnfield on Broomhead Moor, 500m north west of Mortimer House?

Cairnfield on Broomhead Moor, 500m north west of Mortimer House 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 1018039.

What other scheduled monuments are near Cairnfield on Broomhead Moor, 500m north west of Mortimer House?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Redmires First World War Training Area (8.9 km), Cairn on Bamford Moor, 850m north west of Crow Chin (9.2 km), Two cairns at Crow Chin (9.2 km).

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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
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Historical Maps
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Cairnfield on Broomhead Moor, 500m north west of Mortimer House

Cairnfield on Broomhead Moor, 500m north west of Mortimer House stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Cairnfield on Broomhead Moor, 500m north west of Mortimer House

Battle of Adwalton Moor 1643Battle (1643) · ~21.7 miles