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Kildale Moor is a Neolithic or Bronze Age earthwork situated on moorland in North Yorkshire. The monument comprises a series of closely spaced burial mounds or cairns arranged in linear formation across the open moorland, representing a significant concentration of funerary monuments from the prehistoric period. Such cairn fields are characteristic of upland Yorkshire during the Bronze Age and indicate sustained ritual and burial activity across this landscape. The site contributes to understanding prehistoric settlement patterns and funerary practices in the North York Moors region.
Kildale Moor earthwork is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004063. View the official record →
Kildale Moor is a Neolithic or Bronze Age earthwork situated on moorland in North Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004063.
Kildale Moor earthwork 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 1004063.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Margery Bradley standing stone (8 km), Flat Howe round barrow and wayside cross base (8 km), Round barrow at Round Hill, 400m SSW of Botton Head (8.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Kildale Moor earthwork'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.
Kildale Moor earthwork stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.