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Round cairn and curving bank on Pennythorn Hill is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Yorkshire. The site comprises a round cairn with an associated curving bank, characteristic of funerary practices during the later prehistoric period. The monument's survival as an upstanding earthwork demonstrates the construction methods and landscape use of Bronze Age communities in the region. Its formal designation reflects its archaeological importance as evidence of burial tradition and territorial organisation during this period of English prehistory.
Round cairn and curving bank on Pennythorn Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012683. View the official record →
Round cairn and curving bank on Pennythorn Hill is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012683.
Round cairn and curving bank on Pennythorn Hill 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 1012683.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Enclosed settlement known as `Soldier's Trench' including a cup-marked rock (2.1 km), Cup-marked rock close to road south east of a small car park south east of Bracken Hall Farm. (2.2 km), Carved bedrock close to road north east of the public toilets on Bracken Hall Green (2.2 km).
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