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Stone circle 650m south west of Lune Head Farm

England
List entry 1020154
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1020154
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.05 hectares
Grid reference
NY 85048 20405
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Stone circle 650m south west of Lune Head Farm is a Bronze Age ritual monument located in Yorkshire. The circle consists of a ring of standing stones, characteristic of the ceremonial monuments erected across northern England during the second millennium BCE. Such circles typically served functions related to communal gathering, astronomical observation, or funerary practice, though the precise ritual significance of this particular example remains subject to archaeological interpretation. The monument represents an important survival of prehistoric stone construction in the Yorkshire landscape.

Stone circle 650m south west of Lune Head Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020154. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Stone circle 650m south west of Lune Head Farm?

Stone circle 650m south west of Lune Head Farm is a Bronze Age ritual monument located in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020154.

Who is responsible for protecting Stone circle 650m south west of Lune Head Farm?

Stone circle 650m south west of Lune Head 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 1020154.

What other scheduled monuments are near Stone circle 650m south west of Lune Head Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Crosshill Stone at Grains o' th' Beck (1.7 km), Roman Signal Station, 270m south west of Punchbowl Bridge (5.9 km), Augill lead smelting mill, later iron roasting plant, associated reservoir, leats, flue and chimney and a Roman signal station immediately E of Augill Bridge (6.6 km).

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Monuments
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Battlefields
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Roman Britain
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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
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Crosshill Stone at Grains o' th' Beck
1.7 km
Roman Signal Station, 270m south west of Punchbowl Bridge
5.9 km
Augill lead smelting mill, later iron roasting plant, associated reservoir, leats, flue and chimney and a Roman signal station immediately E of Augill Bridge
6.6 km
Burnt mound, cairnfield and bloomery at Eel Beck, 480m south of Blackmea Crag, Holwick Fell
7.4 km
Maiden Castle near Brough
7.6 km
Prehistoric settlement, two burnt mounds and a burial cairn on the north bank of Blackmea Crag Sike, 570m south west of Middle Farm
8 km
A group of six shielings and tracks on Holwick Scars, 280m west of Hungry Hall
8.4 km
Rey Cross Roman temporary camp and signal station, and prehistoric stone circle
9.4 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Stone circle 650m south west of Lune Head Farm

Stone circle 650m south west of Lune Head Farm stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.

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