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Ring cairn, 340m north west of Mortimer House, is an ancient burial monument of Bronze Age date situated in Yorkshire. The site consists of a cairn of stones arranged in a circular or ring-like formation, a monument type characteristic of prehistoric funerary practice in northern England. Such ring cairns typically served as focal points for ritual activity and burial commemoration within Bronze Age communities. The monument survives as an archaeological record of the region's prehistoric settlement and burial practices, contributing to understanding of Bronze Age mortuary customs in Yorkshire.
Ring cairn, 340m north west of Mortimer House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017667. View the official record →
Ring cairn, 340m north west of Mortimer House, is an ancient burial monument of Bronze Age date situated in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017667.
Ring cairn, 340m north west of Mortimer House 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 1017667.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Redmires First World War Training Area (8.8 km), Two cairns at Crow Chin (9.2 km), Cairnfield 710m and 840m south east of Ladybower Inn (9.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Ring cairn, 340m north west of Mortimer House'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.
Ring cairn, 340m north west of Mortimer House stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.