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Cairnfield on Ravock, 600m south east of Ravock Castle, Bowes Moor

England
List entry 1016610
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1016610
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.35 hectares
Grid reference
NY 95594 13753
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Cairnfield on Ravock is a prehistoric cairn located on Bowes Moor in Yorkshire, situated approximately 600 metres south-east of Ravock Castle. The monument consists of a stone cairn of Bronze Age date, representing funerary or ceremonial activity on the upland landscape of the northern Pennines. The site reflects the pattern of Bronze Age settlement and burial practice characteristic of moorland regions in northern England during the second millennium BC. Its designation as a scheduled monument recognises its archaeological significance as evidence of prehistoric land use in this upland area.

Cairnfield on Ravock, 600m south east of Ravock Castle, Bowes Moor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016610. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Cairnfield on Ravock, 600m south east of Ravock Castle, Bowes Moor?

Cairnfield on Ravock is a prehistoric cairn located on Bowes Moor in Yorkshire, situated approximately 600 metres south-east of Ravock Castle. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016610.

Who is responsible for protecting Cairnfield on Ravock, 600m south east of Ravock Castle, Bowes Moor?

Cairnfield on Ravock, 600m south east of Ravock Castle, Bowes Moor 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 1016610.

What other scheduled monuments are near Cairnfield on Ravock, 600m south east of Ravock Castle, Bowes Moor?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Late prehistoric walled settlement 200m south-south-east of East Mellwaters farmhouse (1.8 km), Late prehistoric ditched, scarp-edge settlement 400m south-south-west of East Mellwaters farmhouse (1.9 km), Cairn at West Moor Bottom, Mudbeck (5.1 km).

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Overview
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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
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
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Late prehistoric walled settlement 200m south-south-east of East Mellwaters farmhouse
1.8 km
Late prehistoric ditched, scarp-edge settlement 400m south-south-west of East Mellwaters farmhouse
1.9 km
Cairn at West Moor Bottom, Mudbeck
5.1 km
Rey Cross, 670m west of Old Spital
5.3 km
Romano-British settlement 740m WNW of Old Spital
5.4 km
Roman shrine on Scargill Moor
5.5 km
Unenclosed hut circle settlement, two round cairns, medieval transhumance settlement and two pillow mounds, 360m south east of Rey Cross Roman camp
5.6 km
Rey Cross Roman temporary camp and signal station, and prehistoric stone circle
5.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Cairnfield on Ravock, 600m south east of Ravock Castle, Bowes Moor

Cairnfield on Ravock, 600m south east of Ravock Castle, Bowes Moor stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

The wider landscape

Around Cairnfield on Ravock, 600m south east of Ravock Castle, Bowes Moor

CatterickRoman town · ~19 miles
Domesday entry for Lartington, Yorkshire →
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