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Ring cairn on Fremington Edge Top is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Yorkshire. The site consists of a circular cairn of stones arranged in a ring formation, characteristic of ritual and funerary practices of the Bronze Age period. As a scheduled ancient monument, it represents an important example of the burial traditions practised in the upland regions of northern England during the second millennium BC. The survival of the monument provides archaeological evidence for Bronze Age settlement patterns and the religious or commemorative practices associated with death and remembrance in this landscape.
Ring cairn on Fremington Edge Top is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012611. View the official record →
Ring cairn on Fremington Edge Top is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012611.
Ring cairn on Fremington Edge Top 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 1012611.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ring cairn at Cogden Gill, 200m south of Grinton Lodge (3.9 km), Ring cairn at Cogden Gill, south east of Grinton Lodge (4 km), Grinton ore hearth lead smelt mill, flue, fuel store and associated earthworks (5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Ring cairn on Fremington Edge Top'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 on Fremington Edge Top stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.