© Mapbox · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Boundary data © Historic England (NHLE)
Cairnfield on Howl Moor is a Bronze Age and Iron Age settlement complex located in the North York Moors, comprising an unenclosed hut circle settlement alongside a field system and multiple round burial cairns. The site demonstrates sustained occupation and land use across the later prehistoric period, with the hut circles indicating domestic settlement whilst the cairns represent funerary practice characteristic of Bronze Age communities in upland Yorkshire. The associated field system reflects the agricultural organisation of the prehistoric landscape, showing how settlers adapted to and exploited the moorland environment. This multifunctional archaeological complex provides evidence of settlement patterns, social organisation and economic activity in the northern uplands during the Bronze and Iron Ages.
Cairnfield on Howl Moor 510m south of Wheeldale Lodge, including an unenclosed hut circle settlement, field system and round burial cairns is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021293. View the official record →
Cairnfield on Howl Moor is a Bronze Age and Iron Age settlement complex located in the North York Moors, comprising an unenclosed hut circle settlement alongside a field system and multiple round burial cairns. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021293.
Cairnfield on Howl Moor 510m south of Wheeldale Lodge, including an unenclosed hut circle settlement, field system and round burial cairns 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 1021293.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 280m south west of Haugh Rigg (9 km), Three round barrows on Ness Head 750m east of Howlgate Farm (9.1 km), Round barrow 570m south of Saintoft Grange (9.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cairnfield on Howl Moor 510m south of Wheeldale Lodge, including an unenclosed hut circle settlement, field system and round burial cairns'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.
Cairnfield on Howl Moor 510m south of Wheeldale Lodge, including an unenclosed hut circle settlement, field system and round burial cairns stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.