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Two adjacent ring cairns on Low Moor is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Yorkshire, England, situated approximately 310 metres north-west of High Eskeleth. The site comprises two circular stone cairns constructed in close proximity to one another, characteristic of Bronze Age burial practices in upland areas of northern England. Ring cairns of this type typically date to the second millennium BC and served as monuments marking burial or cremation sites, often associated with ritual and commemorative functions within their wider landscape. The monument survives as an archaeological record of Bronze Age mortuary practices and settlement patterns in the moorland regions of Yorkshire.
Two adjacent ring cairns on Low Moor, 310m north west of High Eskeleth is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012614. View the official record →
Two adjacent ring cairns on Low Moor is a Bronze Age funerary monument located in Yorkshire, England, situated approximately 310 metres north-west of High Eskeleth. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012614.
Two adjacent ring cairns on Low Moor, 310m north west of High Eskeleth 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 1012614.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including How Hill, Low Whita late prehistoric defended settlement site (6.1 km), Maiden Castle prehistoric defended settlement and adjacent round barrow (6.8 km), Sir Francis Level ore works, Gunnerside Gill, west of Winterings Pastures (7.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Two adjacent ring cairns on Low Moor, 310m north west of High Eskeleth's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Two adjacent ring cairns on Low Moor, 310m north west of High Eskeleth stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.