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High Snapes ring cairn is a Bronze Age burial monument located on the North York Moors near Spaunton in North Yorkshire. The site comprises a cairn of stones arranged in a circular form, characteristic of ring cairns constructed during the Bronze Age period. Such monuments typically served as burial or ceremonial centres for prehistoric communities, and their stone construction has aided their survival on the moorland landscape. The ring cairn form, distinct from simple burial mounds, suggests a deliberate architectural approach to funerary or ritual practice among Bronze Age peoples in this region.
High Snapes ring cairn, 670m north east of Spaunton Lodge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018978. View the official record →
High Snapes ring cairn is a Bronze Age burial monument located on the North York Moors near Spaunton in North Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018978.
High Snapes ring cairn, 670m north east of Spaunton Lodge 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 1018978.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including High Cross wayside cross on Kirkgate Lane, north of Appleton-le-Moors (5.1 km), Low Cross, a reused standing stone on Kirkgate Lane in Appleton-le-Moors (5.5 km), Cropton Hall Garth: a motte and bailey castle including later medieval manor house, a medieval trackway and a pond (6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of High Snapes ring cairn, 670m north east of Spaunton Lodge'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.
High Snapes ring cairn, 670m north east of Spaunton Lodge stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.