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Two cairns at Crow Chin is a Bronze Age monument located in Yorkshire, England. The site comprises two burial cairns, constructed during the Bronze Age period as funerary structures typical of the era's ritual landscape. These monuments represent the mortuary practices and ceremonial traditions of Bronze Age communities in the Pennine region. The cairns contribute to the archaeological understanding of Bronze Age settlement patterns and burial customs in upland Yorkshire.
Two cairns at Crow Chin is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016810. View the official record →
Two cairns at Crow Chin is a Bronze Age monument located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016810.
Two cairns at Crow Chin 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 1016810.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Grindleford Bridge (8.1 km), Little Pasture Mine (8.6 km), Lead smelt mill and wood-drying kiln in Froggatt Wood, 550m south of Haywood Farm (8.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Two cairns at Crow Chin'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.
Two cairns at Crow Chin stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.