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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 →
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.
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.
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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