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This monument is a complex of Bronze Age burial cairns and medieval iron industry remains located in Yorkshire, extending across the landscape between Eel Beck and Wash Beck. The Bronze Age element comprises several cairns that represent funerary practices of the second millennium BC, whilst the medieval iron working features attest to exploitation of local ore resources during the medieval period, demonstrating long-term continuity of land use at this location. The spatial distribution of remains across approximately 400 metres reflects the varying demands of these two distinct economic activities separated by over a thousand years. The site's designation as a scheduled monument recognises the archaeological value of both its prehistoric burial evidence and its record of medieval industrial settlement and resource management.
Medieval iron industry and settlement and Bronze Age burial cairns extending from 260m north west of Eel Beck to 140m south east of Wash Beck is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019453. View the official record →
This monument is a complex of Bronze Age burial cairns and medieval iron industry remains located in Yorkshire, extending across the landscape between Eel Beck and Wash Beck. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019453.
Medieval iron industry and settlement and Bronze Age burial cairns extending from 260m north west of Eel Beck to 140m south east of Wash Beck 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 1019453.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ring cairn on Goldsborough, Cotherstone Moor, 840m south of Pitcher House (8.9 km), Three prehistoric carved rocks on Goldsborough Rigg, Cotherstone Moor, 860m SSE Pitcher House (9 km), Cup and ring marked rock on Goldsborough Rigg, Cotherstone Moor, 870m south south east of Pitcher House (9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Medieval iron industry and settlement and Bronze Age burial cairns extending from 260m north west of Eel Beck to 140m south east of Wash Beck'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.
Medieval iron industry and settlement and Bronze Age burial cairns extending from 260m north west of Eel Beck to 140m south east of Wash Beck stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.