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Field system and cairnfield on Lockton High Moor is a Bronze Age agricultural landscape situated approximately one kilometre north-north-east of Needle Point in the North York Moors. The monument comprises a cairnfield interspersed with a field system of lynchets and clearance heaps, representing the remains of prehistoric cultivation and settlement activity on the moorland plateau. The cairns, constructed from stone cleared during land use, and the associated field boundaries indicate sustained pastoral and arable exploitation during the Bronze Age period. The site survives as an upland archaeological resource illustrating the character of prehistoric agricultural use of the North York Moors landscape.
Field system and cairnfield on Lockton High Moor, 1km NNE of Needle Point is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021234. View the official record →
Field system and cairnfield on Lockton High Moor is a Bronze Age agricultural landscape situated approximately one kilometre north-north-east of Needle Point in the North York Moors. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021234.
Field system and cairnfield on Lockton High Moor, 1km NNE of Needle Point 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 1021234.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two round barrows 800m south of Farfields (8.7 km), Round barrow 500m west of Low Dalby (9 km), Round barrow 440m north of Blansby Park Farm (9.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Field system and cairnfield on Lockton High Moor, 1km NNE of Needle Point'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.
Field system and cairnfield on Lockton High Moor, 1km NNE of Needle Point stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.