On every late-Victorian and early-20th-century OS sheet the surveyors marked any conspicuous heap of stones they could not instantly classify as a tumulus, beacon, trig-point or boundary stone with the catch-all term “Pile of Stones.”
Category: Ring Cairn
Jun 15
Guide: Piles of Stones (OS Maps)
- Filed under Agriculture, Barrow, Burial Mound, Landscape Archaeology, Landscape feature, Ring Cairn, Spoil Heap, Visible Remains
Mitchell Laithes Farm Ring Cairn and burial complex, Ossett, West Yorkshire
- Filed under Barrow, Bronze Age, Burial Mound, Earthworks, Neolithic, Ring Cairn
The Bronze Age discoveries in Mitchell Laithes Farm, Ossett, West Yorkshire, offer an important glimpse into the region’s ancient past. Archaeological appraisals, particularly the one conducted in 2007 at Mitchell Laithes Rye Royds, have unearthed evidence of short episodes of occupation dating back to 3500-2000 BC.
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