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Iron Howe field system is a Bronze Age and Iron Age agricultural landscape located in Yorkshire, England, comprising over three hundred clearance cairns and two hut circles. The cairns represent systematic clearance of stone from the surrounding fields, a labour-intensive practice undertaken to improve arable land during the later prehistory of northern Britain. The two hut circles indicate domestic settlement within this working landscape, suggesting a farming community that occupied and managed the land over an extended period. This monument type is characteristic of upland field systems in northern England and provides evidence of prehistoric agricultural organisation and land use patterns.
Field system including over 300 clearance cairns and two hut circles at Iron Howe is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008861. View the official record →
Iron Howe field system is a Bronze Age and Iron Age agricultural landscape located in Yorkshire, England, comprising over three hundred clearance cairns and two hut circles. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008861.
Field system including over 300 clearance cairns and two hut circles at Iron Howe 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 1008861.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 200m east of High Barn (8.4 km), Round barrow 350m south of Long Plain Farm (8.5 km), Old Byland monastic grange immediately to the west and north-west of Valley View Farm (9.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Field system including over 300 clearance cairns and two hut circles at Iron Howe'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 including over 300 clearance cairns and two hut circles at Iron Howe stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.