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Cairnfield on Ringstone Edge Moor is a Bronze Age burial monument consisting of a group of cairns located on moorland in Yorkshire. The site comprises multiple stone cairns constructed during the prehistoric Bronze Age period, representing evidence of funerary and ceremonial practices in the upland regions of northern England. Such cairnfield complexes are characteristic of Bronze Age settlement and land use patterns on open moorland, where they often cluster in groups indicating intensive use of particular areas for burial and ritual purposes. The monument's moorland location, typical of many Bronze Age cairn groups in the Pennines and surrounding uplands, reflects the pastoral economy and territorial organisation of Bronze Age communities in Yorkshire.
Cairnfield on Ringstone Edge Moor, 240m south west of Clay House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018560. View the official record →
Cairnfield on Ringstone Edge Moor is a Bronze Age burial monument consisting of a group of cairns located on moorland in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018560.
Cairnfield on Ringstone Edge Moor, 240m south west of Clay 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 1018560.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ring cairn known as the Ring of Stones on Ringstone Edge Moor, 800m south of Upper Gosling Royd (0.6 km), Bowl barrow known as Beacon Hill (0.7 km), Meg Dike late prehistoric enclosed settlement (1.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cairnfield on Ringstone Edge Moor, 240m south west of Clay House'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 Ringstone Edge Moor, 240m south west of Clay House stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.