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Pike Howe is a Neolithic or Bronze Age round cairn situated in Yorkshire, England. The monument consists of a mound of stones constructed as a burial structure, typical of funerary practices during the prehistoric period when communities across northern Britain erected such earthen and stone monuments to commemorate the dead. The site's exact dating remains characteristic of many upland cairn complexes in the region, where Bronze Age activity is evidenced across the landscape, though earlier Neolithic origins cannot be excluded. Pike Howe represents the archaeological heritage of Yorkshire's prehistoric populations and their monumental traditions of commemorating significant individuals or community members.
Pike Howe round cairns is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004078. View the official record →
Pike Howe is a Neolithic or Bronze Age round cairn situated in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004078.
Pike Howe round cairns 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 1004078.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Margery Bradley standing stone (7.6 km), Flat Howe round barrow and wayside cross base (7.7 km), Wayside Cross called Botton Cross on Danby High Moor (7.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Pike Howe round cairns'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.
Pike Howe round cairns stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.