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Roadblock, Bracken Hall Green, Baildon Moor is a Bronze Age cairn located on the moorland of Baildon in West Yorkshire. The monument consists of a stone cairn which represents settlement or burial activity from the Bronze Age period, demonstrating the early use of the upland regions of Yorkshire. The site's designation as a heritage monument reflects its importance in understanding prehistoric land use and occupation patterns in the Pennine foothills. As a scheduled ancient monument, Roadblock contributes to the archaeological record of Bronze Age Yorkshire and remains a visible marker of human activity from the second millennium before the common era.
Roadblock, Bracken Hall Green, Baildon Moor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1420929. View the official record →
Roadblock, Bracken Hall Green, Baildon Moor is a Bronze Age cairn located on the moorland of Baildon in West Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1420929.
Roadblock, Bracken Hall Green, Baildon Moor 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 1420929.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Carved bedrock close to road north east of the public toilets on Bracken Hall Green (1 km), Cup-marked rock between road and public toilets at Bracken Hall Green (1 km), Cup-marked bedrock near Old Glen House (1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Roadblock, Bracken Hall Green, Baildon Moor'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.
Roadblock, Bracken Hall Green, Baildon Moor stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.