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Sheriff Hill round cairn is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Yorkshire, England. The monument consists of a circular cairn of stone, typical of funerary monuments constructed during the Bronze Age in northern England. Such round cairns served as burial places for individuals of status within their communities and represent an important category of prehistoric ceremonial and funerary archaeology. The site is recorded as a scheduled ancient monument, reflecting its significance as evidence of Bronze Age settlement patterns and burial practices in the region.
Sheriff Hill round cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010545. View the official record →
Sheriff Hill round cairn is a Bronze Age burial mound located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010545.
Sheriff Hill round cairn 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 1010545.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 550m south west of Park Hill (5.9 km), Lower Colgarth Hill round cairn (6.7 km), Crane Field round barrow (7.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Sheriff Hill round cairn'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.
Sheriff Hill round cairn stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.