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Cairn on Holgate How

Scheduled monument

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The National Heritage List for England records Cairn on Holgate How as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Neolithic chambered cairn; dates to the earlier part of the Neolithic period in Britain (c. 3700–2500 BCE). Its scheduling as a monument highlights its importance in understanding prehistoric funerary and ritual practices in northern England.

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