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Hill End round cairn is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Yorkshire, England. The site consists of a round cairn, a characteristic form of funerary structure built during the Bronze Age period when such monuments were widely constructed across northern Britain. As a scheduled ancient monument with official designation reference 1004076, it represents an important example of prehistoric burial practice and ritual landscape. The cairn's preservation contributes to archaeological understanding of Bronze Age settlement patterns and mortuary customs in the Yorkshire region.
Hill End round cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004076. View the official record →
Hill End round cairn is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004076.
Hill End round cairn 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 1004076.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wayside Cross called Botton Cross on Danby High Moor (7 km), The Margery Bradley standing stone (7.2 km), Flat Howe round barrow and wayside cross base (7.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Hill End round cairn'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.
Hill End round cairn stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.