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Ring cairn at the northern end of Scale Knoll Allotment is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Yorkshire, approximately 750 metres west-north-west of Haythwaite. The site comprises a cairn of stones arranged in a distinctive ring formation, characteristic of funerary structures built during the Bronze Age period. Such ring cairns typically functioned as ritual or burial monuments associated with Bronze Age communities and their memorial practices. The monument survives as an upstanding archaeological feature and remains a designated heritage asset of national importance, registered on the National Heritage List for England under list entry number 1017425.
Ring cairn at the northern end of Scale Knoll Allotment, 750m WNW of Haythwaite is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017425. View the official record →
Ring cairn at the northern end of Scale Knoll Allotment is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Yorkshire, approximately 750 metres west-north-west of Haythwaite. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017425.
Ring cairn at the northern end of Scale Knoll Allotment, 750m WNW of Haythwaite 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 1017425.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairn on Holgate How (4.9 km), Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation, 360m east of Shooters Well (6.6 km), Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation, 365m east of Shooters Well (6.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Ring cairn at the northern end of Scale Knoll Allotment, 750m WNW of Haythwaite'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 the northern end of Scale Knoll Allotment, 750m WNW of Haythwaite stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.