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Ring cairn 880m south east of Cook House is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Yorkshire, England. The site comprises a circular cairn with a distinctive ring structure characteristic of Bronze Age funerary practice in northern England. Such ring cairns typically date to the period between 2000 and 1000 BC and represent an important category of prehistoric burial architecture, reflecting the ritual and ceremonial practices of Bronze Age communities. The monument survives as a landscape feature of archaeological significance, contributing to the understanding of prehistoric settlement and mortuary traditions in the Yorkshire region.
Ring cairn 880m south east of Cook House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019688. View the official record →
Ring cairn 880m south 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 1019688.
Ring cairn 880m south 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 1019688.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow on Inn Moor, 390m west of Beacon Farm (9.1 km), Round barrow 540m south west of Bridge Farm (9.9 km), Round barrow in Dalby Forest, known as Waitcliff Howe (10.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Ring cairn 880m south 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 880m south east of Cook House stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.