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Round cairn, standing stone and associated enclosure 490m north west of White Cross is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Yorkshire. The site comprises a round cairn, a standing stone, and an associated enclosure, representing a funerary and ritual landscape characteristic of the Bronze Age period. The cairn itself would have originally served as a burial marker and mound, whilst the standing stone likely functioned as a prominent ritual or ceremonial element within the wider ceremonial complex. Such monuments are typical of Bronze Age funerary practices across northern England and reflect the cultural and spiritual beliefs of prehistoric communities concerning the commemoration of the dead and the demarcation of significant ritual spaces.
Round cairn, standing stone and associated enclosure 490m north west of White Cross is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018775. View the official record →
Round cairn, standing stone and associated enclosure 490m north west of White Cross is a Bronze Age burial monument located in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018775.
Round cairn, standing stone and associated enclosure 490m north west of White Cross 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 1018775.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wolf Pit round barrow at the southern end of Danby Rigg, 810m south east of Falcon Farm (8 km), Western Howes round barrows, 250m north west of White Cross (8.8 km), Wayside cross and boundary marker known as Young Ralph on Westerdale Moor (8.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Round cairn, standing stone and associated enclosure 490m north west of White Cross's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Round cairn, standing stone and associated enclosure 490m north west of White Cross stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.