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Pikedaw Hill southern cairn is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Yorkshire, England. The structure comprises a cairn, a mound constructed of stone rather than earth, which represents a form of burial practice characteristic of the Bronze Age period. As a scheduled ancient monument, it forms part of the archaeological landscape documenting funerary practices and settlement patterns in prehistoric Yorkshire. The cairn's survival to the present day provides evidence of Bronze Age communities and their monumental investment in burial sites.
Pikedaw Hill southern cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010442. View the official record →
Pikedaw Hill southern cairn is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010442.
Pikedaw Hill southern 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 1010442.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 550m south west of Park Hill (5.4 km), Round barrow 400m south west of Crane Field Laithe (6.6 km), Crane Field round barrow (6.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Pikedaw Hill southern 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.
Pikedaw Hill southern cairn stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.