Scheduled MonumentsEnglandRing cairn on Midgley Moor, 360m north east of Upper Han Royd

Ring cairn on Midgley Moor, 360m north east of Upper Han Royd

England
List entry 1018811
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1018811
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.02 hectares
Grid reference
SE 02652 27047
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Ring cairn on Midgley Moor is a Bronze Age burial monument located on the moors near Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire. The site consists of a cairn of stones arranged in a ring formation, characteristic of burial practices during the Bronze Age period, roughly 2500 to 800 BCE. The monument survives as a substantially preserved earthwork and stone feature on the open moorland landscape, representing an important example of funerary architecture from this era. Such ring cairns typically contained burials and served as focal points for ritual activity and the commemoration of the dead within Bronze Age communities of the Pennine uplands.

Ring cairn on Midgley Moor, 360m north east of Upper Han Royd is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018811. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Ring cairn on Midgley Moor, 360m north east of Upper Han Royd?

Ring cairn on Midgley Moor is a Bronze Age burial monument located on the moors near Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018811.

Who is responsible for protecting Ring cairn on Midgley Moor, 360m north east of Upper Han Royd?

Ring cairn on Midgley Moor, 360m north east of Upper Han Royd 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 1018811.

What other scheduled monuments are near Ring cairn on Midgley Moor, 360m north east of Upper Han Royd?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairn with an oval bank on Midgley Moor, 430m north east of Upper Han Royd (0.1 km), Cairn on Midgley Moor, 400m north east of Upper Han Royd (0.2 km), Castle Hill motte castle 270m north east of Rosemary Hall (4 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
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Historical Maps
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Ring cairn on Midgley Moor, 360m north east of Upper Han Royd

Ring cairn on Midgley Moor, 360m north east of Upper Han Royd stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Ring cairn on Midgley Moor, 360m north east of Upper Han Royd

Battle of Adwalton Moor 1643Battle (1643) · ~11.5 miles