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Embanked small stone circle at Harker Mires is a Bronze Age monument located on Harkerside Moor in Yorkshire. The site consists of a small stone circle surrounded by an earthen bank or embanking, a feature that distinguishes it from unenclosed examples and suggests careful ritual or ceremonial organisation of the landscape. Such embanked stone circles are relatively uncommon in the British Bronze Age archaeological record and indicate investment of labour in monument construction beyond the circle itself. The monument survives as a significant record of prehistoric ritual practice and landscape use in the upland regions of northern England.
Embanked small stone circle at Harker Mires on Harkerside Moor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012612. View the official record →
Embanked small stone circle at Harker Mires is a Bronze Age monument located on Harkerside Moor in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012612.
Embanked small stone circle at Harker Mires on Harkerside 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 1012612.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bolton Parks Lead Mine and ore works (4.6 km), Cobscar calamine house on Cobscar Rake, 770m east of Cobscar Mill (4.9 km), Bolton Castle (5.8 km).
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Embanked small stone circle at Harker Mires on Harkerside Moor stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.