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Round cairn on Skivick Crag, 380m south west of Wheeldale Lodge, is a prehistoric burial monument situated on the North York Moors in Yorkshire. The cairn dates to the Bronze Age and represents a characteristic form of funerary monument from this period, constructed as a mound of stones to cover and commemorate the dead. Its location on elevated moorland reflects the Bronze Age practice of siting such monuments in prominent landscape positions. The structure survives as a substantial earthwork within the wider archaeological landscape of the moor, contributing to the evidence of Bronze Age settlement and ritual practice in the region.
Round cairn on Skivick Crag, 380m south west of Wheeldale Lodge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021258. View the official record →
Round cairn on Skivick Crag, 380m south west of Wheeldale Lodge, is a prehistoric burial monument situated on the North York Moors in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021258.
Round cairn on Skivick Crag, 380m south west of Wheeldale Lodge 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 1021258.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 140m west of Haugh Rigg (9.1 km), Round barrow 280m south west of Haugh Rigg (9.4 km), Three round barrows on Ness Head 750m east of Howlgate Farm (9.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round cairn on Skivick Crag, 380m south west of Wheeldale Lodge'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 on Skivick Crag, 380m south west of Wheeldale Lodge stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.