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Round cairn in Dalby Forest, 340m south of Jingleby Tower, is a Bronze Age burial monument consisting of a circular mound of stones. The cairn represents a funerary practice common to upland areas of northern England during the Bronze Age period, when such monuments served as burial places for individuals of status within their communities. The site's location within Dalby Forest, part of the North York Moors landscape, reflects the Bronze Age use of moorland regions for ceremonial and burial purposes. As a scheduled monument, the cairn remains an important archaeological record of prehistoric funerary practices in Yorkshire.
Round cairn in Dalby Forest, 340m south of Jingleby Tower is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020224. View the official record →
Round cairn in Dalby Forest, 340m south of Jingleby Tower, is a Bronze Age burial monument consisting of a circular mound of stones. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020224.
Round cairn in Dalby Forest, 340m south of Jingleby Tower 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 1020224.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Long barrow 530m north of Keeper's Cottage (4.4 km), Round barrow 570m south east of Warren House (4.4 km), Round barrow 470m north of Keeper's Cottage (4.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round cairn in Dalby Forest, 340m south of Jingleby Tower'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.
Round cairn in Dalby Forest, 340m south of Jingleby Tower stands on Corallian Group, bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.