© Mapbox · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Boundary data © Historic England (NHLE)
Great Ayton Moor cairn cemetery is a Bronze Age burial site located on the moors of North Yorkshire. The cemetery comprises multiple cairns and associated earthworks distributed across the moorland landscape, representing a significant concentration of funerary monuments from the second millennium BCE. These burial mounds reflect the ritual and social practices of Bronze Age communities in the North York Moors region, serving as a substantial archaeological resource for understanding prehistoric settlement and ceremonial activity. The site's survival as an upland monument reflects the moorland's archaeological value and its comparative freedom from later agricultural disturbance.
Great Ayton Moor cairn cemetery and earthworks is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004102. View the official record →
Great Ayton Moor cairn cemetery is a Bronze Age burial site located on the moors of North Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004102.
Great Ayton Moor cairn cemetery and earthworks 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 1004102.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cross dyke 850m WSW of Baysdale Farm (5.1 km), Wayside cross known as Baysdale Cross on Middle Head Intake 1000m south west of Baysdale Abbey (6.4 km), Round barrow at Tidy Brown Hill (6.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Great Ayton Moor cairn cemetery and earthworks'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.
Great Ayton Moor cairn cemetery and earthworks stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.