Round cairn on Skivick Crag, 380m south west of Wheeldale Lodge

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History & significance

Round cairn on Skivick Crag, 380m south west of Wheeldale Lodge is a Bronze Age funerary monument located on the North York Moors. The cairn comprises a mound of stones constructed over a grave or cremation burial, representing a common burial practice among Bronze Age communities in northern England during the second millennium before Christ. The monument's location on elevated moorland reflects the typical siting of such cairns in the upland zones of Yorkshire, where they served both as memorials to the deceased and as visible markers across the landscape. Like comparable cairns recorded across the region, this example contributes to the archaeological understanding of Bronze Age settlement patterns and mortuary practices on the North York Moors.

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 →

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