© Mapbox · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Boundary data © Historic England (NHLE)
Round cairn on Broad Flats is a prehistoric funerary monument located in Yorkshire, England. The cairn dates to the Bronze Age and consists of a mounded accumulation of stones constructed over a burial or burials. Such round cairns are characteristic monuments of the Bronze Age period in northern Britain, serving as territorial markers and repositories for the dead within their surrounding landscape. The site represents an important example of funerary practice during the second millennium before the common era.
Round cairn on Broad Flats is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010546. View the official record →
Round cairn on Broad Flats is a prehistoric funerary monument located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010546.
Round cairn on Broad Flats 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 1010546.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Lower Colgarth Hill round cairn (6.7 km), Pillow mounds east of Friars Head, known as Giants' Graves (7.1 km), Crane Field round barrow (7.5 km).
Aubrey generates in-depth historical research for any address in Britain — drawing on scheduled monument data, Domesday records, Roman heritage, PAS finds and medieval history to reveal the complete story of a landscape.
Research the area around Round cairn on Broad Flats