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Six round cairns at Rustif Head, 860 metres south-east of Mount Pleasant Farm, is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Yorkshire, England. The site comprises six distinct round cairns, typical of burial monuments constructed during the Bronze Age period when such mounded structures were used to mark the graves of individuals or small communities. The cairns are distributed across the landscape at Rustif Head, their physical form representing a substantial investment in commemoration and labour by Bronze Age peoples. Such cairn groupings are characteristic of upland burial practices in northern England during the second millennium BCE.
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 →
Six round cairns at Rustif Head, 860 metres south-east of Mount Pleasant Farm, is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021169.
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.
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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