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Round cairn 510m south of Lower Farm

England
List entry 1019780
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1019780
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.02 hectares
Grid reference
SE 80818 91598
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Round cairn 510m south of Lower Farm is a prehistoric burial monument situated in Yorkshire. The cairn dates to the Bronze Age and represents a typical example of the funerary practices prevalent across northern England during this period. As a round cairn, it would have originally comprised a mounded structure of stones heaped over a central burial or burials, though its current condition reflects the effects of agricultural use and time. Such monuments are significant archaeological records of Bronze Age settlement patterns and ritual practices in the region.

Round cairn 510m south of Lower Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019780. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Round cairn 510m south of Lower Farm?

Round cairn 510m south of Lower Farm is a prehistoric burial monument situated in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019780.

Who is responsible for protecting Round cairn 510m south of Lower Farm?

Round cairn 510m south of Lower Farm 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 1019780.

What other scheduled monuments are near Round cairn 510m south of Lower Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pickering Castle: 11th century motte and bailey castle and 13th century shell keep castle (7.1 km), Beacon Hill ringwork siege castle and Royal Observer Corps post (7.3 km), St Nicholas' medieval hospital 550m East of Brick Yard Farm (7.4 km).

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Overview
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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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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Pickering Castle: 11th century motte and bailey castle and 13th century shell keep castle
7.1 km
Beacon Hill ringwork siege castle and Royal Observer Corps post
7.3 km
St Nicholas' medieval hospital 550m East of Brick Yard Farm
7.4 km
Round barrow 650m north west of St Hilda's Church, Ellerburn
7.5 km
Round barrow 520m north west of St Hilda's Church, Ellerburn
7.6 km
Prehistoric linear boundary in Ellerburn Wood, 370m north west of St Hilda's Church
7.7 km
Two prehistoric linear boundaries with associated features, 680m ESE and 880m NNE of Pexton Moor Farm
7.8 km
Warrening enclosure 975m north east of High Paper Mill Farm
8.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Round cairn 510m south of Lower Farm

Round cairn 510m south of Lower Farm stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Round cairn 510m south of Lower Farm

Star CarrArchaeological site · ~12.3 milesBattle of Stamford Bridge 1066Battle (1066) · ~23.3 miles
Domesday entry for Newton, Yorkshire →
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