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Kettle Howe is a Bronze Age round cairn located in Yorkshire, England. The monument consists of a circular mound of stone and earth constructed during the Bronze Age period, representing a funerary structure typical of ritual burial practices in prehistoric northern England. Such cairns served as communal or individual burial monuments and are among the most prevalent surviving Bronze Age features in the Yorkshire landscape. The site is designated as a scheduled monument in recognition of its archaeological and historical significance as evidence of Bronze Age settlement and mortuary practice in the region.
Kettle Howe round cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018985. View the official record →
Kettle Howe is a Bronze Age round cairn located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018985.
Kettle Howe 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 1018985.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Stone circle and cairnfield on Harland Moor, 375m south west of Park Farm (5.6 km), Unenclosed hut circle settlement, field system and round cairn cemetery on Harland Moor north west of Harland Beck House (6.3 km), Round cairn 615m SSW of Rudland House (6.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Kettle Howe 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.
Kettle Howe round cairn stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.