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Ring cairn 660m north east of Cook House is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Yorkshire, England. The site consists of a cairn, a mound constructed from stone rather than earth, surrounded by a circular ditch or ring feature, which is characteristic of ring cairn monuments from this period. Ring cairns of this type typically date to the Bronze Age and served as burial or ceremonial structures within the landscape. The monument's survival to the present day, despite agricultural and other land-use changes over millennia, represents an important archaeological record of Bronze Age funerary practice in the region.
Ring cairn 660m north east of Cook House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019690. View the official record →
Ring cairn 660m north east of Cook House is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019690.
Ring cairn 660m north east of Cook 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 1019690.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow in Broxa Forest 820m south west of Highdales (8.5 km), Round barrow in Broxa Forest 740m south west of Highdales (8.5 km), Round barrow in Broxa Forest 800m south west of Highdales (8.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Ring cairn 660m north east of Cook 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 660m north east of Cook House stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.