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Ring cairn 580m west of Askrigg church is a Bronze Age burial monument located in the parish of Askrigg in North Yorkshire. The site comprises a circular cairn of stones, characteristic of ring cairn monuments which are typically dated to the Bronze Age period. Such monuments served as communal or individual burial places and are commonly found across the upland regions of northern England. The cairn's survival to the present day, despite the passage of millennia and subsequent land use in the area, indicates its cultural and archaeological significance as evidence of prehistoric mortuary practice in the Yorkshire Dales.
Ring cairn 580m west of Askrigg church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010539. View the official record →
Ring cairn 580m west of Askrigg church is a Bronze Age burial monument located in the parish of Askrigg in North Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010539.
Ring cairn 580m west of Askrigg church 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 1010539.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bow Bridge 90m east of Bowbridge Hill (0.7 km), Bainbridge Roman fort and annexe (0.9 km), Bainbridge slight univallate hillfort (1.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Ring cairn 580m west of Askrigg church'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 580m west of Askrigg church stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.