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Ring cairn on Force Ing is a Bronze Age ceremonial or funerary monument located on moorland west of Whitfield Gill in Yorkshire. The structure consists of a circular cairn of stones with a distinctive hollow or depression at its centre, a characteristic feature of ring cairns that distinguishes them from simple burial mounds. Such monuments typically date to the Bronze Age and served ritual or mortuary functions within prehistoric communities. The site's moorland setting is typical of Bronze Age cairn distribution across the Pennine uplands, where these structures remain prominent archaeological features of the prehistoric landscape.
Ring cairn on Force Ing, west of Whitfield Gill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010538. View the official record →
Ring cairn on Force Ing is a Bronze Age ceremonial or funerary monument located on moorland west of Whitfield Gill in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010538.
Ring cairn on Force Ing, west of Whitfield Gill 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 1010538.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bow Bridge 90m east of Bowbridge Hill (1.5 km), Ring cairn 580m west of Askrigg church (1.9 km), Bainbridge Roman fort and annexe (2.4 km).
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