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Six round cairns at Rustif Head, 860m south east of Mount Pleasant Farm

England
List entry 1021169
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1021169
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.07 hectares
Grid reference
SE 85786 90278, SE 85738 90223, SE 85759 90193, SE 85787 90331, SE 85797 90378, SE 85818 90422
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Six round cairns at Rustif Head, 860m south east of Mount Pleasant Farm is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Yorkshire, England. The site comprises six circular stone cairns arranged across the moorland landscape, typical of upland burial practices during the prehistoric period. Such cairn groups represent significant concentrations of funerary activity and indicate sustained use of the location for ritual deposition over time. The monument is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under entry 1021169.

Six round cairns at Rustif Head, 860m south east of Mount Pleasant Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021169. View the official record →

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What is Six round cairns at Rustif Head, 860m south east of Mount Pleasant Farm?

Six round cairns at Rustif Head, 860m south east of Mount Pleasant Farm is a Neolithic or Bronze Age funerary monument located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021169.

Who is responsible for protecting Six round cairns at Rustif Head, 860m south east of Mount Pleasant Farm?

Six round cairns at Rustif Head, 860m south east of Mount Pleasant 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 1021169.

What other scheduled monuments are near Six round cairns at Rustif Head, 860m south east of Mount Pleasant Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Prehistoric linear boundary in Ellerburn Wood, 370m north west of St Hilda's Church (6.1 km), Round barrow 520m north west of St Hilda's Church, Ellerburn (6.2 km), Round barrow 570m south east of Warren House (6.4 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
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Historical Maps
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Literature
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Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Prehistoric linear boundary in Ellerburn Wood, 370m north west of St Hilda's Church
6.1 km
Round barrow 520m north west of St Hilda's Church, Ellerburn
6.2 km
Round barrow 570m south east of Warren House
6.4 km
Long barrow 530m north of Keeper's Cottage
6.6 km
Round barrow 470m north of Keeper's Cottage
6.6 km
Allerston lime kilns
7.7 km
Allerston medieval manorial centre, dovecotes and 17th century gunpowder works
7.7 km
Wilton Hall moated site 250m south of Manor Farm
7.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Six round cairns at Rustif Head, 860m south east of Mount Pleasant Farm

Six round cairns at Rustif Head, 860m south east of Mount Pleasant Farm stands on Corallian Group, bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

The wider landscape

Around Six round cairns at Rustif Head, 860m south east of Mount Pleasant Farm

Star CarrArchaeological site · ~9.2 milesBattle of Stamford Bridge 1066Battle (1066) · ~23.5 miles
Domesday entry for Lockton, Yorkshire →
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