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Round cairn on Cowgate Rigg, 870m north of Brooklands Farm

England
List entry 1019769
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1019769
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.02 hectares
Grid reference
SE 96848 96974
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Round cairn on Cowgate Rigg, 870m north of Brooklands Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Yorkshire. The site consists of a circular cairn constructed from stones, characteristic of the funerary traditions of prehistoric Britain during the Bronze Age period. Such cairns served as repositories for the cremated or inhumed remains of individuals of social standing within their communities. The monument's survival to the present day, despite agricultural activity across the Yorkshire landscape, preserves evidence of ritual practice and social organisation during the Bronze Age.

Round cairn on Cowgate Rigg, 870m north of Brooklands Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019769. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Round cairn on Cowgate Rigg, 870m north of Brooklands Farm?

Round cairn on Cowgate Rigg, 870m north of Brooklands Farm is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019769.

Who is responsible for protecting Round cairn on Cowgate Rigg, 870m north of Brooklands Farm?

Round cairn on Cowgate Rigg, 870m north of Brooklands 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 1019769.

What other scheduled monuments are near Round cairn on Cowgate Rigg, 870m north of Brooklands Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Moor Dikes and Craddlegrip Dike prehistoric linear boundaries and other prehistoric remains in Wykeham Forest (9.6 km), Round barrow in Raincliffe Woods, 420m north of Osborne Lodge (9.8 km), Round barrow in California Belt, 140m east of Fox Head (9.8 km).

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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
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

The Moor Dikes and Craddlegrip Dike prehistoric linear boundaries and other prehistoric remains in Wykeham Forest
9.6 km
Round barrow in Raincliffe Woods, 420m north of Osborne Lodge
9.8 km
Round barrow in California Belt, 140m east of Fox Head
9.8 km
Round barrow immediately south of California Belt, 190m east of Fox Head
9.8 km
Round barrow south east of California Belt, 270m east of Fox Head
9.8 km
Skell Dikes: a prehistoric linear boundary with two associated round barrows and an adjoining pit alignment
10 km
Round barrow 520m north west of Keepers Cottage
10.1 km
Square barrow at Mutton Gill, 670m north west of Wykeham Moor Cottages
10.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Round cairn on Cowgate Rigg, 870m north of Brooklands Farm

Round cairn on Cowgate Rigg, 870m north of Brooklands Farm stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

The wider landscape

Around Round cairn on Cowgate Rigg, 870m north of Brooklands Farm

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