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Ring cairn on West Ayton Moor is a Bronze Age burial monument located approximately 900 metres south-west of Cockrah House in Yorkshire. The site comprises a circular cairn of stones with a distinctive ring-form arrangement, typical of funerary monuments constructed during the Bronze Age period. Such ring cairns served as repositories for cremated remains and occasionally inhumations, reflecting the burial practices of prehistoric communities in northern England. The monument survives as an important archaeological record of Bronze Age ritual and settlement patterns in the North York Moors region.
Ring cairn on West Ayton Moor, 900m south west of Cockrah House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017163. View the official record →
Ring cairn on West Ayton Moor is a Bronze Age burial monument located approximately 900 metres south-west of Cockrah House in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017163.
Ring cairn on West Ayton Moor, 900m south west of Cockrah House 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 1017163.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow at North Moor, 120m south east of Forest Lodge (2.4 km), Northern of two round barrows known as Row Howes, 640m south east of East Moor Farm (3.1 km), Southern of two round barrows known as Row Howes, 680m south east of East Moor Farm (3.2 km).
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