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Ring cairn on Rectory Allotment is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Yorkshire, England. The site consists of a circular cairn of stone with a distinctive ring structure, characteristic of funerary practices during the Bronze Age period. The monument represents an important example of prehistoric burial architecture and forms part of the broader landscape of Bronze Age ceremonial and funerary sites in Yorkshire. The cairn's preservation as a scheduled ancient monument reflects its archaeological significance and its contribution to understanding mortuary practices and settlement patterns of the Bronze Age communities in northern England.
Ring cairn on Rectory Allotment is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010450. View the official record →
Ring cairn on Rectory Allotment is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010450.
Ring cairn on Rectory Allotment 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 1010450.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Burwen Castle Roman forts (1.8 km), Bleara Lowe round cairn (2.3 km), Round cairn 230m west of Bleara Lowe (2.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Ring cairn on Rectory Allotment'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 Rectory Allotment stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.