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Ring cairn at Cogden Gill is a Bronze Age burial monument located on the moorland south-east of Grinton Lodge in Yorkshire. The site comprises a circular arrangement of stones forming a ring cairn, a burial structure type characteristic of the Bronze Age period and constructed by piling stones into a distinctive circular or ring-like formation. Such monuments typically served as burial sites for individuals of status within prehistoric communities. The ring cairn remains a significant archaeological feature of the upland Bronze Age landscape of the Yorkshire Dales.
Ring cairn at Cogden Gill, south east of Grinton Lodge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012600. View the official record →
Ring cairn at Cogden Gill is a Bronze Age burial monument located on the moorland south-east of Grinton Lodge in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012600.
Ring cairn at Cogden Gill, south east of Grinton Lodge 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 1012600.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cobscar calamine house on Cobscar Rake, 770m east of Cobscar Mill (4.4 km), Cobscar Mill ore hearth lead smeltmill, flue and chimney (4.4 km), Bolton Parks Lead Mine and ore works (4.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Ring cairn at Cogden Gill, south east of Grinton Lodge'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 at Cogden Gill, south east of Grinton Lodge stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.