© Mapbox · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Boundary data © Historic England (NHLE)
Ring cairn on Gayles Plantation is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Yorkshire, situated approximately 390 metres east-north-east of Shooters Well. The monument consists of a circular arrangement of stones forming a ring cairn, a monument type characteristic of the Bronze Age period. The site represents evidence of ritual burial practices and funerary traditions practised during the Bronze Age in this region of northern England. Ring cairns of this form typically date to the second and early first millennia before the present, marking an important phase of prehistoric monument construction in Yorkshire.
Ring cairn on Gayles Plantation, 390m ENE of Shooters Well is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014329. View the official record →
Ring cairn on Gayles Plantation is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Yorkshire, situated approximately 390 metres east-north-east of Shooters Well. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014329.
Ring cairn on Gayles Plantation, 390m ENE of Shooters Well 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 1014329.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cup and ring marked stone 350m north west of north corner of Folly Plantation (1.1 km), Cup marked stone 165m NNE of Folly Plantation (1.4 km), 18th century copper mill 80m north west of Copper Mill Bridge (3.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Ring cairn on Gayles Plantation, 390m ENE of Shooters Well'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 Gayles Plantation, 390m ENE of Shooters Well stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.