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Cairns and settlements on Lea Green

England
List entry 1004121
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1004121
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.73 hectares
Grid reference
SD 99562 66290, SD 99852 66319, SD 99820 66249, SD 99645 65820
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Cairns and settlements on Lea Green is an archaeological site located in Yorkshire comprising Bronze Age and Iron Age settlement remains. The site includes a series of cairns and associated settlement features that demonstrate patterns of prehistoric land use and occupation across different periods. The remains reflect the evolution of settlement practices during the Bronze and Iron Ages, indicating sustained human activity in this upland Yorkshire location. The site contributes to understanding of prehistoric settlement distribution and territorial organization in northern England during these periods.

Cairns and settlements on Lea Green is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004121. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Cairns and settlements on Lea Green?

Cairns and settlements on Lea Green is an archaeological site located in Yorkshire comprising Bronze Age and Iron Age settlement remains. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004121.

Who is responsible for protecting Cairns and settlements on Lea Green?

Cairns and settlements on Lea Green 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 1004121.

What other scheduled monuments are near Cairns and settlements on Lea Green?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hydro-electric power house and associated weir 250m north west of Tin Bridge (2.8 km), Linton churchyard cross and sundial (3.2 km), Redmayne packhorse bridge (3.6 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
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
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
Timeline
The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Hydro-electric power house and associated weir 250m north west of Tin Bridge
2.8 km
Linton churchyard cross and sundial
3.2 km
Redmayne packhorse bridge
3.6 km
Stone circle, Mossy Moor Ridge
3.9 km
Medieval farmstead and field system, 530m south east of The Grange
4 km
Churchyard cross, Burnsall
5.9 km
Ring cairn on Kail Hill 380m north east of High Woodhouse.
7.2 km
Ring cairn 430m south west of Wood End
7.6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Cairns and settlements on Lea Green

Cairns and settlements on Lea Green stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.

The wider landscape

Around Cairns and settlements on Lea Green

CatterickRoman town · ~24.7 miles
Domesday entry for Heuuorde, Yorkshire →
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